James Laskey, Crediton, Devon, to James Edward Smith, President Linnean Society, at Their Rooms, [London]

Summary

Communicates his observations on "the small knobs frequently found on shells of the 'Anomia' genus", which he has discovered to be the ossified "tendinous ligature" of other unfortunate shells violently forced from their "adhesive situation".

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN60

From

James Laskey

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

May 1801

Sent from

Crediton, Devon

Sent to

London

Source of text

GB-110/JES/ADD/48, The Linnean Society of London

Language

English

Contributor

The Linnean Society of London[View Ɛpsilon collection]

Also published in The Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith, The Linnean Society's Archive Catalogue.

• James Laskey
• Sir James Edward Smith