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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
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1841
Physical description
Graphite on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Drawing

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George Newport

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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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