On the Incubation of an Egg

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0114 MS0062
Held at	: Royal College of Surgeons of England   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums-and-archives/archives/ ›
Full 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 & 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

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

Related material:

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Anya Turner.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Aug 2008