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British Museum (Natural History) (1881-1991)

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Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, 18 November 1910

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/37
Scope and Contents

Woodward writes that he has examined the zebra skulls at the British Museum and found that the premaxilla clearly reaches and touches the nasal.

Dates: 18 November 1910

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Thomas Calman, 23 April 1930

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/36/5
Scope and Contents

Calman writes that Kinnear has handed over the 14 bottles of penguin embryos which Ewart has returned to the Museum. Calman asks Ewart to return the remaining seven bottles still in his possession so that the loan register can be updated, and suggests that, if he wishes, Ewart could remove a few sample feathers from the specimens before returning them to the Museum.

Dates: 23 April 1930

Notebook No.2, 1825- 1826

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Identifier: Coll-203/A1/2
Scope and Contents This notebook is complete, written by Lyell in ink, and featuring diverse subjects like fine art, museums, education, reform, and notes on geological advancements from Europe. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from digital surrogates using the platform Transkribus. When known, Lyell's abbreviations and contractions have been...
Dates: 1825- 1826

Papers relating to the extraction of a testis sample from mummified remains at the British Museum, 1977-1978

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Identifier: Coll-1364/1/6
Scope and Contents

The correspondence is chiefly between Beatty and various individuals in the departments of Zoology, Palaeontology and Anthropology at the British Museum. The letters break off at the point when difficulties had evidently arisen in identifying the mummified specimens in the Museum's catalogues due to wartime damage.

Dates: 1977-1978

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