Paper, 'On the minute structure of the muscle-columns or sarco-styles which form the wing-muscles of insects. Preliminary note' by Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer
Reference number: PP/17/19
Date: 1890
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Sharpey-Schafer writes: 'The fibres of the wing-muscles of most insects are made up of readily separable longitudinal elements, which are often called the “wing-fibrils,” although several observers have remarked the existence of an apparently fine fibrillation in them.'
Annotations in pencil and ink.
Subject: Entomology / Anatomy
Received 15 December 1890. Read 8 January 1891.
A version of this paper was published in volume 49 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the minute structure of the muscle-columns or sarco-styles which form the wing-muscles of insects. Preliminary Note'.
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- PP/17/19
- Earliest possible date
- 1890
- Physical description
- Ink and graphite pencil on paper
- Page extent
- 16 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, Paper, 'On the minute structure of the muscle-columns or sarco-styles which form the wing-muscles of insects. Preliminary note' by Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, 1890, PP/17/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_17_19/paper-on-the-minute-structure-of-the-muscle-columns-or-sarco-styles-which-form-the-wing-muscles-of-insects-preliminary-note-by-edward-albert-sharpey-schafer, accessed on 20 July 2025
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On the minute structure of the muscle-columns or sarco-styles which form the wing-muscles of insects. Preliminary Note External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1891
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1890.0092
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Scientific papers published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society volume 49, 1890-1891
1890-1891 Reference number: PP/17
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Dates: 1882 - 1894
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