Author:

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887  Search this

Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary  Search this

Subject:

Smithsonian Institution Management  Search this

Physical description:

28 pages illustrations 22 cm

Type:

Sources

Date:

1854

19th century

Notes:

"Ordered to be published December, 1853. Joseph Henry, Secretary S.I

Prepared under the direction of S.F. Baird

Title vignette

SCNHRB copy (39088006530992) stamped on t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Jan 23 1933 [acc. no.] 293229.

SCNHRB copy disbound, housed in an archival folder.

SCNHRB copy (39088006530992) stamped on t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Jan 23 1933 [acc. no.] 293229

SCNHRB copy disbound, housed in an archival folder

Contents:

General remarks -- Instruments, preservative materials, etc. -- Skinning and stuffing animals -- Preserving in liquids, and by other modes besides skinning -- Embryos -- Nests and eggs -- Skeletonizing -- Plants -- Minerals and fossils -- Minute microscopical organisms

Topic:

Botanical specimens--Collection and preservation  Search this

Museum techniques--History  Search this

Natural history--Technique  Search this

Zoological specimens--Collection and preservation  Search this

Call number:

QH61 .S65 1854

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1033747