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Paper, 'Note on a discovery, as yet unpublished, by the late Professor F M [Francis Maitland] Balfour, concerning the existence of a blastopore, and on the origin of the mesoblast in the embryo of Peripatus Capensis' by Henry Nottidge Moseley and Adam Sedgwick

Reference number: PP/2/34

Date: 1882

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Moseley and Sedgwick write: 'The late Professor F M Balfour left a considerable amount of material, both in the form of drawings and MSS., which he had intended to employ in the publication of a monograph on the anatomy and development of the members of the genus Peripatus, together with an account of all known species.' They relay Balfour's observations.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.

Subject: Zoology / Embryology

Received 4 December 1882. Read 14 December 1882.

A version of this paper was published in volume 34 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Note on a discovery, as yet unpublished, by the late Professor F. M. Balfour, concerning the existence of a blastopore, and on the origin of the mesoblast in the embryo of Peripatus Capensis'.

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PP/2/34
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1882
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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13 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Nottidge Moseley

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Adam Sedgwick

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Henry Nottidge Moseley, Adam Sedgwick, Paper, 'Note on a discovery, as yet unpublished, by the late Professor F M [Francis Maitland] Balfour, concerning the existence of a blastopore, and on the origin of the mesoblast in the embryo of Peripatus Capensis' by Henry Nottidge Moseley and Adam Sedgwick, 1882, PP/2/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_2_34/paper-note-on-a-discovery-as-yet-unpublished-by-the-late-professor-f-m-francis-maitland-balfour-concerning-the-existence-of-a-blastopore-and-on-the-origin-of-the-mesoblast-in-the-embryo-of-peripatus-capensis-by-henry-nottidge-moseley-and-adam-sedgwick, accessed on 19 January 2025

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    Dates: 1882 - 1894

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