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Brotherton Collection3
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natural history21
algae11
botany11
desmidiaceae10
microscopes and microscopy2
evolution (biology)1
zoology1

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Ilkley (England)1
India1
New Forest (England : Forest)1
Sri Lanka1

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Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)16
Wallich, George Charles (1815-1899)3
Knapp, John Leonard (1767-1845)2
Bailey, Jacob Whitman (1811-1857)1
Collyer, Robert (1823-1912)1
Crane, Walter (1845-1915)1
Hoffmeister, Werner (1819-1845)1
Linton, W J (1812-1897)1
Reinsch, Paul Friedrich1
Turner, J Horsfall (1845-1915)1

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The journal of a naturalist

Knapp, John Leonard (1767-1845)

1829

Anon., by J.L. Knapp.

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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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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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The journal of a naturalist

Knapp, John Leonard (1767-1845)

1830

Title vignette.

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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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Ilkley, ancient & modern

Collyer, Robert (1823-1912); Turner, J Horsfall (1845-1915)

1885

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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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Desmid notes, compiled by William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

c.1884

Comprises autograph manuscript technical botanical and bibliographical notes on many kinds of algae and desmidiaceae, compiled by W.B. Turner about 1884.

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The New Forest : its history and its scenery

Wise, John Richard de Capel (1831-1890); Crane, Walter (1845-1915); Linton, W J (1812-1897)

1895

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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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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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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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