Acarus
Date
1805
Creator
Wilson Lowry (1762 - 1824, British) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
9183
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 128mm
width (print): 210mm
width (print): 210mm
Subject
Description
Entomological studies of a mite of the Acarus family. Figures include a back view of a fully grown insect with underdeveloped specimens (figure 1), and an abdominal view (figure 2), both under magnification.
The accompanying article states that: ‘I happened to catch a feathered fly of the order diptera, which curiosity prompted me to reserve for the microscope, with a view of examining its beautiful plumage, or feathers…Upon a minute examination of the plumage &c I casually discovered the subject of …the one I saw first was not an accidental visitor, but that they were the common vermin with which this fly is infested.’
Plate 1, illustrating the paper: ‘Some original remarks on a variety of the Genus Acarus, belonging to the order Aptera, found on the wings &c. of a feathered fly of the order Diptera. By Mr. John Smart, Optician. The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.23, (1805-1806) pp.3-8.
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Pl.I Vol.XXIII’. Inscribed below ‘86’.
Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), British engraver and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
The accompanying article states that: ‘I happened to catch a feathered fly of the order diptera, which curiosity prompted me to reserve for the microscope, with a view of examining its beautiful plumage, or feathers…Upon a minute examination of the plumage &c I casually discovered the subject of …the one I saw first was not an accidental visitor, but that they were the common vermin with which this fly is infested.’
Plate 1, illustrating the paper: ‘Some original remarks on a variety of the Genus Acarus, belonging to the order Aptera, found on the wings &c. of a feathered fly of the order Diptera. By Mr. John Smart, Optician. The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.23, (1805-1806) pp.3-8.
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Pl.I Vol.XXIII’. Inscribed below ‘86’.
Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), British engraver and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
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