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Total number of records: 15

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natural history14
algae10
botany10
desmidiaceae9
microscopes and microscopy2

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)14
Wallich, George Charles (1815-1899)2
Bailey, Jacob Whitman (1811-1857)1
Reinsch, Paul Friedrich1
Wills, Arthur Winkler1

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Notes and comparisons between various systems of natural history classification, by William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

1871

Contains an index to the volume, followed by autograph manuscript notes on the various natural history classifications written, according to the title-page, at Watlington in 1871.

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William Barwell Turner Collection

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

1858-1891

Collection of memoirs, notes and sketches compiled by William Barwell Turner on natural history. Comprises accessions MS 206-220.

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General analyses carried out between 1883 and 1892, by William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

c.1883-1892

Contains miscellaneous autograph manuscript notes of several scientific analyses of natural products dated in the text between 31 March 1883 and 30 August 1892. Two printed notes extracted from public...

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Lists of Desmidieae, compiled by William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

1884

Some loose notes are inserted

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Bibliography of the Desmidieae, compiled by William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

1887

Covers works published between ca.1811-1893

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Micro-notes, made in 1872-82 by A.W. Wills [and] Original sketches of Desmidieae by A.W. Wills, from various sources, 1869-82

Wills, Arthur Winkler

1869-1882

Includes an obituary for Mr A.W. Wills at the end of the volume extracted from the Birmingham Daily Post for Monday, 7th December, 1903

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Desmid sketches and lists, compiled from various authors by William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

c.1858-1887

Includes some photographs made from lantern-slides, 1885

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Index to the microscopic cabinet of W.B. Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

1876

Contains an index to the volume, followed by many autograph manuscript lists of species or types of 'Animalia', 'Vegetabilia', 'Minerals, & c.', and 'Economic products', written in March 1876, accordi...

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On some new species of American Desmidiaceae, from the Catskill Mountains, by J.W. Bailey, written in the hand of William Barwell Turner

Bailey, Jacob Whitman (1811-1857)

c.1891

Copied from the 'American Journal of Science and Arts', second series, vol.1, May 1846, pp.126-127. Accompanied by an illustration by O. Nordstedt

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Notes on algal memoirs by various authors, including some illustrations, compiled by William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

c.1888

A letter from Mr Greenhow to Mr Turner, dated Nov. 29 [1905] is inserted at the end in a pocket

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Classification of the Desmidieae, by William Barwell Turner and others

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

c.1828-1883

Includes an extract from G.C. Wallich's "Are the desmids and diatoms simple cells" and Archer's arrangement of the Desmidieae

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Home notes in micro-work, compiled by William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

1878-1893

Contains detailed autograph manuscript botanical and technical laboratory notes written between 12 March 1878 and May 1893, interspersed throughout with many handdrawn illustrations of specimens, some...

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