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Experiments

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 134 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Lord Arthur Cecil from William Bateson, 13 November 1898

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/4/24
Scope and Contents Bateson writes to Cecil asking for his experience of cross-breeding poultry with other species of birds. Bateson writes that he aims to conduct experiments to determine whether certain distinguishing features of breeds can be blended in crossing, and what differences there are in crossing pure-bred and inbred breeds. He notes that he has been experimenting with White Leghorn chickens, but that he has had difficulty in finding breeds of a strictly recorded pedigree, specifically red combed...
Dates: 13 November 1898

Letter to Mr Hogg from Edward Percival Wright, 24 April 1900

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/6/13
Scope and Contents

Wright writes regarding an account of the North Bull mice by H. Lyster Jameson. He suggests that it should not prove too difficult to catch some of the mice for experiments.

Dates: 24 April 1900

Letter to Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell from Edward Allen Clemens (incomplete), 21 June 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/48
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Clemens writes to Cockerell regarding Ewart's research into and experiments with dun-coloured animals. He wonders whether any still exist in New Mexico of sufficiently pure blood to be of value to their experiments. He goes on to discuss markings, and offers to make certain of his ponies available for sale.

The latter part of the letter is not present.

Dates: 21 June 1902

Letter to William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selbourne from Walter Peacock, 25 April 1916

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/22/20
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Peacock thanks Lord Selbourne for his interest in the breeding experiments with Dartmoor ponies and old Devon packhorses. He is preparing a memorandum of their current work and plans for the future which he will send to Selbourne and also to Ewart, whom Peacock wishes to consult regarding the application of Mendelian principles to the pack horse. He goes on to describe the breeding work in South Devon between a Norfolk-Roadster stallion and mares with packhorse pedigrees.

Dates: 25 April 1916

Notebook recording various techniques and procedures for experiments, c.1928-1990

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Identifier: Coll-1255/5/1
Scope and Contents

Notebook contains notes from Beale's reading, chiefly concerning experimental procedures and techniques, for example the extraction and purification of antigens and the staining of Paramecium. Also recorded are the locations where paramecia variants were collected.

The notebook is written in from both ends.

Dates: c.1928-1990

Notebook titled '1963', November 1963 - March 1964

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Identifier: Coll-1255/5/20
Scope and Contents

Notebook contains notes on crossing experiments with Paramecium stock 540. The back of the notebook contains notes regarding the Lambda symbiont of Paramecium.

Dates: November 1963 - March 1964

Notebook titled '1965', 1965-1968

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Identifier: Coll-1255/5/22
Scope and Contents

Notebook contains notes on crossing experiments with various syngens of Paramecium.

The notebook has been written in from both ends.

Dates: 1965-1968

Notebook titled 'Antirrhinum X-rays / 1938 / G.H. Beale', 1938

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Identifier: Coll-1255/5/5
Scope and Contents

Notebook contains chiefly notes relating to the results of irradiation on Antirrhinum plants.

The notebook has been written in from both ends.

Dates: 1938

Notebook titled 'Aster', 1939-1946

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Identifier: Coll-1255/5/7
Scope and Contents

Notebook contains notes chiefly relating to hydrolysis experiments with different coloured Aster flowers.

The notebook has been written in from both ends.

Dates: 1939-1946

Notebook titled 'Beale / Anthocyanins / II / Verbena / Flavones 1938', 1938

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Identifier: Coll-1255/5/3
Scope and Contents

Notebook contains notes on methods for and results of experiments on various plants.

The notebook has been written in from both ends.

Dates: 1938