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| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc Comte De (1707-1788) | 166 |
| Daubenton, Louis Jean Marie | 81 |
| Daubenton, Louis Jean Marie (1716-1799) | 81 |
| Lacepede, Bernard Germaine Etienne De La Ville Sur Illon | 72 |
| Lacepede, Bernard Germaine Etienne De La Ville Sur Illon Comte De (1756-1825) | 72 |
| Gueneau De Montbeillard, Philibert | 72 |
| Gueneau De Montbeillard, Philibert (1720-1785) | 72 |
| Smellie, William (1740-1795) | 44 |
| Smellie, William | 44 |
| Pliny the Elder | 38 |
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James Dalton, correspondence
Dalton, James
c.1795-1824
Comprises 35 letters from James Dalton to James Sowerby, the naturalist; also, letters from W. Brunton, John Larcom, Peter Murray, and Robert Teesdale to Sowerby, and one letter from J. Wood to Dr Smi...
Notes from various authors on the Desmidiaceae; compiled by William Barwell Turner
Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)
c.1870-1880
Contains very detailed autograph manuscript botanical and bibliographical notes on the desmidiaceae, partly listed in columns, and chiefly written in Latin, compiled by W.B. Turner between 1870 and 18...
Four papers on microscopic Algae, by August Carl Joseph Corda, copied from Almanach de Carlsbad
Corda, August Carl Joseph
1835-1840
Comprises transcription and illustrations
Original drawings from the microscope, (of the natural order, Acarina) by the late Tuffen West, F.L.S.
West, Tuffen (1823-1891)
c.1840-1890
Comprises above 124 coloured drawings and a large number of outline and detail drawings of the general
Proof copies of plates for a proposed Ray Society monograph on British Desmidiaceae and a draft of a work by G.C. Wallich on Indian Desmidieae, drawn and written by William Barwell Turner
Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)
1884-1894
The Wallich volume includes a list of his books and papers on scientific subjects written between 1858 and 1883 dated 29 December 1884. The envelope contains correspondence between Turner and Thomas W...
Bibliography of the Desmidieae, compiled by William Barwell Turner
Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)
1887
Covers works published between ca.1811-1893
Memoirs and memoranda on the Desmidieae; compiled by William Barwell Turner
Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)
1886-1887
Contains an index to the volume, followed by autograph manuscript notes written in 1886-1887 on various aspects of different species of the Desmidieae illustrated by many hand-drawn plates, some of wh...
Classification of the Desmidieae, by William Barwell Turner and others
Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)
c.1828-1883
Includes an extract from G.C. Wallich's "Are the desmids and diatoms simple cells" and Archer's arrangement of the Desmidieae
Index to the microscopic cabinet of W.B. Turner
Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)
1876
Contains an index to the volume, followed by many autograph manuscript lists of species or types of 'Animalia', 'Vegetabilia', 'Minerals, & c.', and 'Economic products', written in March 1876, accordi...
Three separate works on the Desmidiaceae, compiled by William Barwell Turner
Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)
1885
Contains: (1) Paul Friedrich Reinsch: Contributiones ad algologiam et fungologiam, Vol.I: Desmideacearum notae; manuscript copy by W. Barwell Turner, with O. Nordstedt's "Einige Bemerkungen über die ...
Notes on algal memoirs by various authors, including some illustrations, compiled by William Barwell Turner
Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)
c.1888
A letter from Mr Greenhow to Mr Turner, dated Nov. 29 [1905] is inserted at the end in a pocket
Micro-notes, made in 1872-82 by A.W. Wills [and] Original sketches of Desmidieae by A.W. Wills, from various sources, 1869-82
Wills, Arthur Winkler
1869-1882
Includes an obituary for Mr A.W. Wills at the end of the volume extracted from the Birmingham Daily Post for Monday, 7th December, 1903