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botany17
natural history15
algae14
desmidiaceae12
fossils2
geology1
plant species1
zoology1

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Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)13
Wallich, George Charles (1815-1899)3
Bailey, Jacob Whitman (1811-1857)1
Corda, August Carl Joseph1
Reinsch, Paul Friedrich1
Roper, Ida Mary1
Wills, Arthur Winkler1
Wiltshire, Thomas1

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Notes and drawings on geology, botany, and fossil specimens, by William Barwell Turner.

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

c.1870-1917

Comprises: (1) Bibliographical notes of books on natural disasters; (2) Descriptive and taxonomic notes on the Desmidiaceae, with many manuscript illustrations and a few printed ones also.

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Rough notes on the Desmidiaceae, by William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

1886

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Notes from various authors on the Desmidiaceae; compiled by William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

c.1870-1880

Contains very detailed autograph manuscript botanical and bibliographical notes on the desmidiaceae, partly listed in columns, and chiefly written in Latin, compiled by W.B. Turner between 1870 and 18...

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Four papers on microscopic Algae, by August Carl Joseph Corda, copied from Almanach de Carlsbad

Corda, August Carl Joseph

1835-1840

Comprises transcription and illustrations

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Proof copies of plates for a proposed Ray Society monograph on British Desmidiaceae and a draft of a work by G.C. Wallich on Indian Desmidieae, drawn and written by William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

1884-1894

The Wallich volume includes a list of his books and papers on scientific subjects written between 1858 and 1883 dated 29 December 1884. The envelope contains correspondence between Turner and Thomas W...

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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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Memoirs and memoranda on the Desmidieae; compiled by William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

1886-1887

Contains an index to the volume, followed by autograph manuscript notes written in 1886-1887 on various aspects of different species of the Desmidieae illustrated by many hand-drawn plates, some of wh...

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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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Three separate works on the Desmidiaceae, compiled by William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

1885

Contains: (1) Paul Friedrich Reinsch: Contributiones ad algologiam et fungologiam, Vol.I: Desmideacearum notae; manuscript copy by W. Barwell Turner, with O. Nordstedt's "Einige Bemerkungen über die ...

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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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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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