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Plate 7, figures 35-67 showing the formation of muscle in young animals and embryos including a chick, a tadpole, a monoculus [Cyclops; copepod], a turtle, a periwinkle, a fish, and a crab. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Figure numbers originally drawn in black ink; struck out and rewritten with the same numbers in red ink. Figures drawn separately and mounted onto backing sheet. Not signed.

Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On fibre' by Martin Barry.

Received by the Royal Society on 3 December 1841. Read 16 December 1841.

Reference number
PT/75/2/4
Earliest possible date
1841
Physical description
Graphite on paper, mounted on blue board
Page extent
1 page
Format
Drawing

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Martin Barry

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Martin Barry, Drawings, 'Fibre' [muscle formation] by [Martin Barry], 1841, PT/75/2/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_75_2_4/drawings-fibre-muscle-formation-by-martin-barry, accessed on 21 January 2026

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