Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Fragment of notes following publication of 'A description of the anatomy of the ornithorhynchus paradoxus' by Everard Home

Reference number: PT/1/i

Date: 1802

Description

Subject: Ornithology

Manuscript notes describing new developments in Everard Home's research on anatomy of the ovaries of the female ornithorhynchus paradoxus after receiving specimens from Governor [Lachlan] MacQuarie and Sir John Jemison. Notes refer to the author in the third person but may be written by Home. Manuscript ends mid-sentence.

Notes refer to paper by Everard Home published in Volume 92 of Philosophical Transactions titled 'A description of the anatomy of the ornithorhynchus paradoxus'.

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 1, 1832.

Reference number
PT/1/i
Earliest possible date
1802
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Everard Home

View page for Everard Home

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

Everard Home, Fragment of notes following publication of 'A description of the anatomy of the ornithorhynchus paradoxus' by Everard Home, 1802, PT/1/i, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_1_i/fragment-of-notes-following-publication-of-a-description-of-the-anatomy-of-the-ornithorhynchus-paradoxus-by-everard-home, accessed on 17 March 2026

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_1_i/fragment-of-notes-following-publication-of-a-description-of-the-anatomy-of-the-ornithorhynchus-paradoxus-by-everard-home

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/pt_1_i/fragment-of-notes-following-publication-of-a-description-of-the-anatomy-of-the-ornithorhynchus-paradoxus-by-everard-home" title="Fragment of notes following publication of 'A description of the anatomy of the ornithorhynchus paradoxus' by Everard Home" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Philosophical Transactions

    The 'Philosophical Transactions' collection comprises manuscript versions of papers published in The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the world’s first and longest continuously running journal dedicated to science.

    Dates: 1802 - 1865

    View collection