'DB 08' [poultry 'Dead Book' 1908], 1908 (mainly) & 1909
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Scope and Contents
Poultry 'Dead Book' for 1908 from experiments in poultry breeding by Bateson and Punnett. This is the seventh of eight books recording eggs which were addled, sterile or failed to hatch, and also chicks which hatched but died shortly afterwards. The final pages have excised 1909 entries which were re-entered in the dead bird book for 1909 [MS Add.10161/1/2/8].
Dates
- Creation: 1908 (mainly) & 1909
Creator
- From the Fonds: Bateson, William, 1861-1926 (biologist) (Person)
- From the Fonds: Punnett, Reginald Crundall, 1875-1967 (geneticist) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 volume(s) (c.45 pp; remainder is blank) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Pages are numbered on both sides 1-89; pagination of pp.84-89 is the archivist's. 214 x 140 mm
Repository Details
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