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Royal College of Surgeons of England

On the Incubation of an Egg

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0114 MS0062

Held at: Royal College of Surgeons of England

Title: On the Incubation of an Egg

Date(s): c 1769

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume titled 'On the Incubation of an Egg', c 1769, comprising notes and observations on the incubation of a hen's egg. Including references to the work of Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694), Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777), and John Hunter (1728-1793).

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English and French

System of arrangement:

As outlined in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

By written appointment only.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No photocopying permitted.

Finding aids:

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

The volume was located with the Petrus Camper translations (MS0061) although there is no indication that it is a translation of Camper. It is possible that it was found among the papers of Sir Richard Owen, along with the translation on the Orangutan.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The provenance of this item is not known.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.