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GB-110/JES/COR/9/15
Title
Antonio Scarpa, Pavia, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date
7 Nov 1788
Author(s)
Antonio Scarpa 1752-1832
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/9/15 from Antonio Scarpa, Pavia, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (7 November 1788)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Scarpa, Antonio
Sent from:
Pavia, Italy
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Thanks for the tracings from [Johan Christian] Fabricius' 1783 memoir on the hearing of insects; notes that Fabricus does not seem to have looked into the internal structure of the hearing organs of crayfish. Notes a dissertation by Mr Minasi titled "Dissertazione dei Timpanetti dell'udito scoperti nel Granchio Paguro" (1775) that may predate Fabricius' work. [Giovanni Antonio] Scopoli's successor at University of Pavia is Brusatti, previously Professor of Chemistry at the Theresian College in Vienna.
Letter date:
7 Nov 1788
Languages:
French
Prev Ref No:
9.27
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 7 Jul 1789 |
| Copies | English translation available from Linnean Society Library. |
| Finding Aids | Dawson, W R, (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society. |
