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                                 Image number: RS.10389
                             
                         
                         
                     
                 
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            ‘Double form of Euplectella’ [Venus’s flower basket]
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                                1878
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Creator
                            
                            
                                C L G  (British) , Lithographer
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                After
                            
                            
                                William Chimmo (1828 - 1891, British) , Hydrographer
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Library reference
                            
                            
                                Tracts/X346/2
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Dimensions
                            
                            
                                height (print): 292mm
width (print): 205mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (print): 205mm
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                                Description
                            
                            
                                Marine zoological study of the sponge Euplectella aspergillum.
Plate 3 from the monograph On Euplectella aspergillum. Also on a new form of globigerina; phosphorescent animalcules..., by William Chimmo (London, Taylor and Francis, 1878). The plate is inscribed “Double form of Euplectella on same root. W.Chimo del. C.L.G. lith. Mintern Bros imp.”
William Chimmo (1828-1891) Royal Navy Captain and hydrographer dredged for these marine sponges off the Philippine Islands.
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            Plate 3 from the monograph On Euplectella aspergillum. Also on a new form of globigerina; phosphorescent animalcules..., by William Chimmo (London, Taylor and Francis, 1878). The plate is inscribed “Double form of Euplectella on same root. W.Chimo del. C.L.G. lith. Mintern Bros imp.”
William Chimmo (1828-1891) Royal Navy Captain and hydrographer dredged for these marine sponges off the Philippine Islands.
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