Natural Sciences collection
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Scoresby’s drawing of plankton | Drawing of snowflakes |
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Drawing of squilla | Whale fin dissection |
Collection includes:
- The skeleton of a narwhal and several narwhal tusks
- Whale vertebra, several intra-vertebral discs, whale ear bone, sperm whale teeth
- Stuffed Greenland Falcon, brought from the Arctic by William Scoresby junior
- Copies of the following drawings by William Scoresby junior:
- Plankton under the microscope
- Dissection of the fin of a young whale
- Deep sea squilla
- Snowflakes under the microscope
- Mirage of ships in the Arctic
- Watercolour of Arctic wildlife
- Replica of Scoresby’s marine diver, used in experiments on water temperature at varying depths and on the effects of water pressure at depth
- Volcanic rocks collected by Wm Scoresby junior on Jan Meyen Island, together with a copy of his chart of the island