Anatomy of a rattlesnake
Date
1683
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
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Description
Eight figures from issue 144 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, depicting the anatomy of a rattlesnake, Crotalus.
Figure 4. Study of the lungs, opened by the trachea.
Figure 5. Study of the head, with mouth open, showing the teeth.
Figure 6. Study of the skull, showing the cranium, the jaw, the eye sockets, the teeth etc.
Figure 7. Study of various teeth.
Figure 8. Study of the outward spine of the vertebrae of the back.
Figure 9. Study of the outward spine of the vertebrae of the tail.
Figure 10. Study of the vertebrae of the tail and a section of muscle.
Figure 11. Study of the rattle, with three segments.
Figure 12. Study of the rattle, with six segments.
Illustrations to ‘Vipera caudi-sona Americana, or the anatomy of a rattlesnake, dissected at the repository of the Royal Society in January 1692’ by Edward Tyson in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 13, issue 144 (10 February 1683).
Edward Tyson (1651-1708) British physician was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1679.
Figure 4. Study of the lungs, opened by the trachea.
Figure 5. Study of the head, with mouth open, showing the teeth.
Figure 6. Study of the skull, showing the cranium, the jaw, the eye sockets, the teeth etc.
Figure 7. Study of various teeth.
Figure 8. Study of the outward spine of the vertebrae of the back.
Figure 9. Study of the outward spine of the vertebrae of the tail.
Figure 10. Study of the vertebrae of the tail and a section of muscle.
Figure 11. Study of the rattle, with three segments.
Figure 12. Study of the rattle, with six segments.
Illustrations to ‘Vipera caudi-sona Americana, or the anatomy of a rattlesnake, dissected at the repository of the Royal Society in January 1692’ by Edward Tyson in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 13, issue 144 (10 February 1683).
Edward Tyson (1651-1708) British physician was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1679.
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Edward Tyson (1650 - 1708, British) , Physician
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