Paper, 'Some curious facts respecting the walrus and seal, discovered by the examination of specimens brought to England by the different ships lately returned from the polar circle' by Sir Everard Home in a letter to Sir H [Humphry] Davy
Reference number: PT/17/1
Date: 11 February 1824

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19 manuscript pages and five plates showing walrus flippers, digestive organs, and a seal placenta.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Some curious facts respecting the walrus and seal, discovered by the examination of specimens brought to England by the different ships lately returned from the Polar Circle. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. V. P. R. S. In a Letter addressed to Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. Pres. R. S'.
Written by Home in Sackville Street [London]. Read 4 March 1824.
Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833.
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- PT/17/1
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- 11 February 1824
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- Ink on paper
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- 24 pages
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Everard Home, Paper, 'Some curious facts respecting the walrus and seal, discovered by the examination of specimens brought to England by the different ships lately returned from the polar circle' by Sir Everard Home in a letter to Sir H [Humphry] Davy, 11 February 1824, PT/17/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_17_1/paper-some-curious-facts-respecting-the-walrus-and-seal-discovered-by-the-examination-of-specimens-brought-to-england-by-the-different-ships-lately-returned-from-the-polar-circle-by-sir-everard-home-in-a-letter-to-sir-h-humphry-davy, accessed on 15 February 2025
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Some curious facts respecting the walrus and seal, discovered by the examination of specimens brought to England by the different ships lately returned from the polar circle. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. V. P. R. S. In a letter addressed to Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. P. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1833
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0235
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XI. Some curious facts respecting the walrus and seal, discovered by the examination of specimens brought to England by the different ships lately returned from the Polar Circle. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. V. P. R. S. In a Letter addressed to Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. Pres. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1824
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1824.0014
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1824
May 1823 - June 1824 Reference number: PT/17
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