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Drawings, 'Corpuscles of the blood' by [Martin Barry]

Reference number: PT/75/1/31

Date: 1841

Description

Plate 18, figures 36-54 showing blood corpuscles from a sparrow [Fringilla domestica; Passer domesticus; house sparrow], a common fowl [Phasianus gallus; chicken], a turtle, a frog [Rana temporaria], thornback ray [Raia clavata], a skate [Raia batis], and a cod [Gadus morrhua; Atlantic cod]. Inscribed with title, publication, and plate details. Figures drawn separately and mounted onto backing board. Not signed.

Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the corpuscles of the blood.-Part II' by Martin Barry.

Received by the Royal Society on 13 January 1841. Read 14 January 1841.

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PT/75/1/31
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1841
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Graphite on paper, mounted on blue board
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1 page
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Drawing

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Martin Barry

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Martin Barry, Drawings, 'Corpuscles of the blood' by [Martin Barry], 1841, PT/75/1/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_75_1_31/drawings-corpuscles-of-the-blood-by-martin-barry, accessed on 09 October 2024

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