scholarly journals VIII. On the feeding mechanism of the Branchiopoda : Appendix on the Mouth Parts of the Branchiopoda

1932 ◽  
Vol 222 (483-493) ◽  
pp. 340-352 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Feeding Mechanism ◽  
King's College ◽  
Spare Time ◽  
Research Scholar ◽  
Government Grant ◽  
First Time

FOREWORD. Some years ago Dr. Tate Regan suggested to me that a study of the hyoid region of the tailless Amphibia would be of value. This paper is the outcome of that suggestion. It was begun when I was Gilchrist Research Scholar in Zoology at King’s College of Household and Social Science (1 9 2 5 -2 6 and 1 9 2 7 -2 8 ), working under Dr. P . C. Esdaile, to whom I am very grateful for her help during my two and a half years in her department. At this time I was also assisted by a Government Grant from the Royal Society. Since March, 1 9 2 8 ,1 have held a post at the British Museum (Natural History), and the work on frogs has been relegated to spare time. My main purpose has been to discover and make known the structures of the hyolaryngeal apparatus in a large and representative series of the Anura, in order that an idea may be gained of the range of diversity of these organs in the group, and of the extent to which resemblances in their structure are indicative of relationship. In all, I have studied sixty species, belonging to thirty-six genera ; in fifty of these species and twenty-three of the genera the larynx is now described for the first time.

scholarly journals X. The hyoid and larynx of the Anura

1932 ◽  
Vol 222 (483-493) ◽  
pp. 401-527 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
British Museum ◽  
King's College ◽  
Spare Time ◽  
Research Scholar ◽  
Government Grant ◽  
First Time

FOREWORD. Some years ago Dr. Tate Regan suggested to me that a study of the hyoid region of the tailless Amphibia would be of value. This paper is the outcome of that suggestion. It was begun when I was Gilchrist Research Scholar in Zoology at King’s College of Household and Social Science (1 9 2 5 -2 6 and 1 9 2 7 -2 8 ), working under Dr. P . C. Esdaile, to whom I am very grateful for her help during my two and a half years in her department. At this time I was also assisted by a Government Grant from the Royal Society. Since March, 1 9 2 8 ,1 have held a post at the British Museum (Natural History), and the work on frogs has been relegated to spare time. My main purpose has been to discover and make known the structures of the hyolaryngeal apparatus in a large and representative series of the Anura, in order that an idea may be gained of the range of diversity of these organs in the group, and of the extent to which resemblances in their structure are indicative of relationship. In all, I have studied sixty species, belonging to thirty-six genera ; in fifty of these species and twenty-three of the genera the larynx is now described for the first time.

Edward Heron-Allen FRS (1861–1943): a review of his scientific career, with an annotated bibliography of his foraminiferal publications

2004 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Hodgkinson ◽  
John E. Whittaker
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Annotated Bibliography ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Scientific Career ◽  
History Museum ◽  
First Time

ABSTRACT: In spite of his many other interests, Edward Heron-Allen also worked for nearly 50 years as a scientist on minute shelled protists, called foraminifera, much of it in an unpaid, unofficial capacity at The Natural History Museum, London, and notably in collaboration with Arthur Earland. During this career he published more than 70 papers and obtained several fellowships, culminating in 1919 in his election to the Royal Society. Subsequently, he bequeathed his foraminiferal collections and fine library to the Museum, and both are housed today in a room named in his honour. In this paper, for the first time, an assessment of his scientific accomplishments is given, together with a full annotated bibliography of his publications held in the Heron-Allen Library. This is part of a project to produce a bibliography of his complete publications, recently initiated by the Heron-Allen Society.

Richard Bradley's Relationship With Sir Hans Sloane

1970 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-77 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Prolific Author ◽  
Good Picture ◽  
Adverse Conditions ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University

Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) is remembered more for his activities in the spheres of science and medicine than for his original contributions to these fields. His large treatise on the natural history of Jamaica (2 vols., 1707- 1725) and other writings were useful additions to the scientific literature, but they were overshadowed by his activities as President of both the Royal Society (1727-1741) and the Royal College of Physicians (1719-1735) and by his having provided the collections which became the foundation of the British Museum. There is no definitive study on him, but the two recent biographies by De Beer and Brooks provide a good picture of his life and work (1). Sloane carried on a voluminous correspondence, and most of the letters written to him are preserved in the British Museum—largely unpublished (2). Among them are a dozen letters from Richard Bradley (1688?—5 November 1732), which throw somewhat more light on Bradley than on Sloane. They also illustrate the adverse conditions under which men without wealth have sometimes worked when pursuing scientific activities. Bradley was a prolific author of books on agriculture, horticulture, biology, and medicine. As will appear from his letters, he was often the pawn of booksellers, and John Martyn (1699-1768), his malicious rival, commented shortly after his death that ‘The booksellers have lost a good easy pad’ (3). Bradley was at times only a popularizer or a hack, but he also produced writings having scientific merit (4). Furthermore, he was a Fellow of the Royal Society and the first Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge. His correspondence with Sloane is therefore of interest for adding to our knowledge of both men and the scientific activities of their time.

The Hon. Daines Barrington, F. R. S. —annotations on two journals compiled by Gilbert White

1986 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-93 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Good Deal ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time ◽  
Degree Of Isolation

In the field of natural history the Hon. Daines Barrington (1727—1800) is best known as one of the correspondents to whom Gilbert White addressed many of the letters that comprise The Natural History of Selhorne (1). Of almost equal familiarity is the knowledge that Barrington devised the format of The Naturalist's Journal (2), in copies of which White recorded near daily observations of weather and other natural occurrences for a period of over 25 years. That the putative correspondence of Selborne was based on a real correspondence (3), and that Barrington arranged for four of White’s dissertations (4), on ‘hirundines’, to be read at meetings of the Royal Society (5), is also well known. What, however, as the result of recent research, can now be reported for the first time, is that Barrington’s contribution to White’s work extends a good deal further than has been previously thought; and that, with William Sheffield (6), he provided White with the incentive both to ‘quicken [his] Industry, & sharpen [his] attention’ (7)—two important acknowledgements for a man who, throughout his life, experienced a degree of isolation (8), and who, as an old man, in response to a correspondent who complained ‘a little of Procrastination’ , claimed:

scholarly journals VI. Researches on the atomic weight of thallium

1873 ◽  
Vol 163 ◽  
pp. 277-330 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Chemical Society ◽  
Atomic Weight ◽  
Spare Time ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Grant ◽  
Method Of Extraction ◽  
And Chemical Properties

In June 1862, and in February 1863, I had the honour to lay before the Royal Society communications on the subject of the then newly discovered metal, Thallium. In these I gave an account of its occurrence, distribution, and the method of extraction from the ore, together with its physical characteristics and chemical properties; also I discussed the position of thallium among elementary bodies, and gave a series of analytical notes. In the pages of the 'Journal of the Chemical Society’ for April 1, 1864, I collated all the information then extant, both from my own researches and from those of others, introducing qualitative descriptions of an extended series of the salts of the metal. I propose in the present paper to lay before the Royal Society the details and results of experiments which have engrossed much of my spare time during the last eight years, and which consist of very laborious researches on the atomic weight of thallium. In these researches I owe much to the munificence of the Royal Society for having placed at my disposal a large sum from the Government Grant. Without this supplement to my own resources it would have been difficult for me to have carried out the investi­gation with such completeness.

Gideon Mantell and the Maidstone Iguanodon

1951 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-276 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Original Description ◽  
The South ◽  
Gideon Mantell

The name Iguanodon was first given publication in a letter from Gideon Mantell, F.R.S., to his friend Davies Gilbert, M.P., V.P.R.S., 1 printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in 1825. 2 The specimens upon which this name was founded were more or less worn teeth which Mrs Mantell had collected in the spring of 1822. Some of these teeth are referred to in The Fossils o f the South Downs , 3 published in May 1822, as being of ‘unknown animals.’ This suggests that the teeth were found early in the year as stated by Mantell and not in the summer as has been published by Sidney Spokes. 4 Most of the teeth found by Mrs Mantell and figured in 1825 have been reddentified in the collections of the British Museum (Natural History) and are now on exhibition in the Geological Department of the Museum. Examination shows that those which are specifically identifiable are all referable to the species subsequently named Iguanodon mantelli . A t their original description no specific name was, however, applied, and it is open to serious question whether the name , derived from the similarity of the teeth and those of the living Iguana , was ever valid. This would seem an instance in which the mercies of the International Commission’s rule 46 might well be held to apply, to keep in use an ancient and much-used name.

scholarly journals VII. On parts of the skeleton of meiolania platyceps (Ow.)

1888 ◽  
Vol 179 ◽  
pp. 181-191 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
British Museum ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Fossil Bones ◽  
Extinct Genus ◽  
Osseous Structure

Since my last communication to the Royal Society (March 15, 1886) of the characters of some fossil bones of a Meiolania from Lord Howe’s Island, I have been favoured with the opportunity of inspecting a second and richer series of remains of the same extinct genus of Reptile from the same island and formation. These fossils have been liberally transmitted by Charles Wilkinson, Esq., F. G. S., F. L. S., Government Geologist of the Department of Mines, Sydney, to the Geological Department of the British Museum of Natural History, and have been confided by the Keeper, Dr. Woodward, F. R. S., for their development from the matrix, to Mr. Richard Hall, Assistant Mason in that Department, whose name deserves to be recorded for the patient devotion and admirable skill with which he has brought to light the manifold and complex evidences of osseous structure, especially of the cranial and some vertebral parts of the petrified skeletons of the present singular genus of extinct Reptile.

scholarly journals XIV. Description of fossil remains of two species of a genus (Meiolania) from "Lord Howe's Island."

1886 ◽  
Vol 177 ◽  
pp. 471-480 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Fossil Remains ◽  
South Wales ◽  
The Government

In 1884 I was favoured by Dr. Woodward, F. R. S., F. G. S., with the inspection of a series of fossil remains from “Lord Howe’s Island,” which had been transmitted by the Government of New South Wales (Department of Mines) to the Department of Geology in the British Museum of Natural History. These fossils indicated a Saurian Reptile allied to the genus, characters of which are described and figured in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society’ for the years 1858, 1880, and 1881.

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