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Plate 8, figure 2 showing the lamina [nerve fibres] on the lens of a cod eye under magnification, showing two fibres connected through a series of 'teeth'. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Ink inscription verso reads 'of Quadrupeds and Birds'. Not signed.

Subject: Zoology / Anatomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the anatomical and optical structure of the crystalline lenses of animals, particularly that of the cod' by David Brewster.

Received by the Royal Society on 21 March 1833. Read 9 May 1833.

Reference number
PT/73/16/3
Earliest possible date
1833
Physical description
Ink and ink wash on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Drawing

Creator name

David Brewster

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David Brewster, Drawing, magnified lamina of cod eye by [Robert Kaye Greville], 1833, PT/73/16/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_73_16_3/drawing-magnified-lamina-of-cod-eye-by-robert-kaye-greville, accessed on 19 July 2026

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