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Paper, 'On certain points in the anatomy of chiton' by Adam Sedgwick

Reference number: PP/1/7

Date: 1881

Description

Sedgwick presents an overview of existing research into chiton anatomy before presenting his own observations made at Herm [Channel Islands].

Includes two pages of diagrams relating to chiton anatomy.

Subject: Malacology / Morphology

Received 5 November 1881. Read 8 December 1881.

A version of this paper was published in volume 33 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On certain points in the anatomy of chiton'.

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PP/1/7
Earliest possible date
1881
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
12 pages
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Manuscript
Drawing

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Adam Sedgwick

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Adam Sedgwick, Paper, 'On certain points in the anatomy of chiton' by Adam Sedgwick, 1881, PP/1/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_1_7/paper-on-certain-points-in-the-anatomy-of-chiton-by-adam-sedgwick, accessed on 13 January 2025

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