Drawings, 'Sections of Myoxus avellanarius' by [W Wing]
Reference number: PT/75/4/8
Date: 01 January 1850
Description
Plate 44, figures 18-22 showing sections of the upper and lower incisors of the dormouse [Myoxus avellanarius; Glis glis; European edible dormouse]. Faint dates between 7 and 8 January 1850 are written next to each figure in graphite. Inscribed with figure, publication, and plate details. Not signed.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the structure of the dental tissues of the order Rodentia' by John Tomes.
Received by the Royal Society on 19 February 1850. Read 30 May 1850.
- Reference number
- PT/75/4/8
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1850
- Physical description
- Graphite on artists' paper
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Drawing
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John Tomes, Drawings, 'Sections of Myoxus avellanarius' by [W Wing], 01 January 1850, PT/75/4/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_75_4_8/drawings-sections-of-myoxus-avellanarius-by-w-wing, accessed on 20 April 2026
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XXVIII. On the structure of the dental tissues of the order rodentia External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1850
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1850.0029
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On the structure of the dental tissues of rodentia External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1851
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0242
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Paper, 'On the structure of the dental tissues of the order Rodentia' by John Tomes
Creator: John Tomes Reference number: PT/38/14
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Illustrations produced for the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, volume 140
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