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Scope and Contents Thursby-Pelham writes that she would happily let Ewart use her drawings for his work on the Antarctic Penguin, but that strictly speaking they are the property of Mrs Assheton, as Thursby-Pelham drew them whilst working as Dr Assheton's assistant. Mrs Assheton has written to Harmer to grant the required permission. She offers Ewart her collection of bird embryos which she acquired for the purpose of comparison with the penguins. The date is not written on the letter, but is...

Scope and Contents Astbury writes that at the Textile Physics Laboratory at the University of Leeds thay have just begun an X-ray study of the structure of feathers, in the aim of revealing more about the constitutions of the keratins in general. He reports that the quill end of goose or hen feathers produces an X-ray photograph which is quite different from ones he has obtained from wool, hair, fingernails, spines and horn. However, he would like to know more about the structural and biological nature of all...

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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.

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Located in Roslin Institute Staff Papers 1993. Part 2.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.