Drawings, 'Organs of reproduction in Myriapoda (Julus.)' by G [George] Newport
Reference number: PT/75/1/2
Date: 1841

Description
Plate 3, figures 1-11 showing details of the reproductive organs of the male and female Julus terrestris [type of millipede]. Inscribed with publication and plate details. A pencil inscription across the top reads 'Organ of Reproduction and Development of Myriapoda'. Signed in graphite bottom left 'G. Newport. del.' Covered with a thin layer of tracing paper. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Entomology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'The Bakerian Lecture.—On the organs of reproduction, and the development of the myriapoda.—First series' by George Newport.
Received and read to the Royal Society on 17 June 1841.
- Reference number
- PT/75/1/2
- Earliest possible date
- 1841
- Physical description
- Graphite on paper
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Drawing
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George Newport, Drawings, 'Organs of reproduction in Myriapoda (Julus.)' by G [George] Newport, 1841, PT/75/1/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_75_1_2/drawings-organs-of-reproduction-in-myriapoda-julus-by-g-george-newport, accessed on 16 February 2025
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Related Publications
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X. The Bakerian Lecture.—On the organs of reproduction, and the development of the myriapoda.—First series External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1841
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1841.0012
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On the organs of reproduction, and on the developement of the Myriapoda External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1843
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0175
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Illustrations produced for the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1840-1859
1840-1859 Reference number: PT/75 -
Illustrations produced for the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, volume 131
1840-1841 Reference number: PT/75/1
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George Newport
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