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Unpublished letters, 'Microscopical observations on the muscular fibres of the elephant' from Herbert Mayo to Sir Everard Home

Reference number: AP/12/16

Date: 1826

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Mayo repeats the same microscopic observations on muscular fibres of an elephant killed at Exeter Change [Exeter Exchange, London] as those undertaken by Home on the human body. Preceded by a covering letter from Home to Humphry Davy.

Subject: Zoology / Physiology

Received by the Royal Society on 3 April 1826.

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AP/12/16
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1826
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5 pages
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Herbert Mayo

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Herbert Mayo, Unpublished letters, 'Microscopical observations on the muscular fibres of the elephant' from Herbert Mayo to Sir Everard Home, 1826, AP/12/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_12_16/unpublished-letters-microscopical-observations-on-the-muscular-fibres-of-the-elephant-from-herbert-mayo-to-sir-everard-home, accessed on 14 February 2026

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