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Unpublished paper, 'On the structure of the knee joint in the Echidna setosa and Ornithorhynchus paradoxus' by Dr [Robert] Knox

Reference number: AP/13/11

Date: 1827

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Knox provides a comparative anatomical study of the knee joints of the Echidna setosa [spiny anteater] and the Ornithorhynchus paradoxus [Ornithorhynchus anatinus; platypus]. Includes one separate plate of illustrations.

Subject: Zoology / Comparative Anatomy

Communicated by Sir James McGrigor. Received by the Royal Society on 4 August 1827.

Reference number
AP/13/11
Earliest possible date
1827
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Ink on paper
Page extent
13 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Unpublished paper, 'On the structure of the knee joint in the Echidna setosa and Ornithorhynchus paradoxus' by Dr [Robert] Knox, 1827, AP/13/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_13_11/unpublished-paper-on-the-structure-of-the-knee-joint-in-the-echidna-setosa-and-ornithorhynchus-paradoxus-by-dr-robert-knox, accessed on 10 December 2024

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