Offprints of papers by various scientists

Comprises the following off-prints of papers by various scientists on marine biology, oceanography, geology, etc., with holograph additions, corrections and criticisms by Wallich:

MS.4970/a: Ehrenberg, C.G.: "On numerous Animals of the Chalk Formation which are still to be found in the living state", from Scientific Memoirs, Vol. III, part x, 13 ll. 2 folding plates, pp.319-344, dated April 1842, with notes, etc. by Wallich c.1865.

MS.4970/b: Graham, T.: "On the Properties of Silicilic Acid and other analogous Colloidal Substances", followed by "Memoirs of T. Graham" by R. A. Smith, 11 ll, from Proceedings of the Royal Society, pp. 335-341, dated June 1864: pp. xvii-xxvi, dated March, 1870.

MS.4970/c: Reichert, E.: "On the Morphological Structure and the Motory Phenomena of the Contractile Substance of the Polythalamia (Gromia oviformis)" (4 ll.); "On the Sap-currents (Rotation and Circulation of the Cells of Plants) with reference to the question of Contractility" (3 ll.); "On the Contractile Substance and Intimate Structure of the Campanulariae, Sertulariae and Hydridae" (3 ll.). Clerk, H.J.: "Conclusive Proofs of the Animality of the Ciliate Sponges and of their Affinities with the Infusoria flagellata" (3 ll.). From the Annals and Magazine of Natural History [etc.]., dated 1866-1867.

MS.4970/d: Haeckel, E.: "Monograph of Monera", from The Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science New Series. Vol. IX, 21 ll. 2 plates, pp. 27-42 dated January 1869; pp.113-154 dated April 1869.

MS.4970/e: Wright, E.P.: "Notes on Sponges, from The Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science New Series, Vol. X, 5 ll. 3 plates, pp.73-81, dated January 1870.

MS.4970/f: Croll, J.: "On Ocean-currents", from the London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine [etc.] 4th Series, 13 ll., pp.81-106, dated February 1870.

MS.4970/g: Carter, H.J.: "On Fossil Sponge-spicules of the Greensand compared with those of existing Species", from the Annals and Magazine of Natural History [etc.], Vol. 7. Fourth Series, No. xxxviii., 15 ll. 4 plates, pp.112-141, dated February 1871.

MS.4970/h: Carpenter, W.B., "Report on Scientific Researches carried on during the Months of August, September and October, 1871, in H.M. Surveying Ship Sheerwater", with particularly violent comments by Wallich. From Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol.XX, no.138, 55 ll., 4 charts, pp.535-664, dated June 1872.

MS.4970/i: Hahn, O.: "Is there such a thing as Eozoon Canadense? A Micro-geological Investigation", from the Annals and Magazine of Natural History [etc.], Vol. 17, Fourth Series. No. 100., 8 ll, pp.265-282, dated April 1876.

MS.4970/j: Elam, C.: "Man and Science: a Reply" (13 ll.); Clifford, W.K.: "Virchow on the Teaching of Science" (11 ll.). From The Nineteenth Century No. 14, pp. 687-711, 712-732, dated April 1878.

MS.4970/k: Perrier, E.: "The Law of Association in the Animal Kingdom", from The Popular Science Review. No. 13. New Series, 8 ll., pp. 30-43, dated January 1880.

1842-1880

1 volume

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).