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Ref No	LDGSL/614/1/79b-c
Title	Pencil sketches and rubbing of the ornament of a scale of Holoptychius Omaliusii Agassiz
Date	[?1835]
Level	File
Extent	2 items
Format	Photograph/drawing/painting/print
Description	Pencil sketches of the ornament on the scale of the fossil fish Holoptychius Omaliusii Agassiz and a pencil rubbing of the same, possibly sent to Agassiz by William Buckland, [?1835]. There are captions on both items stating that the scale was found by Jean Baptiste Julien d'Omalius d'Halloy in the lower shelly bed of Dudley limestone at the Castle north west of Namur, near Gembloux in 1835. Note: Buckland's signature in pencil appears on one of the items.
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Administrative History	Collected as part of the research for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843) but never published.
Access Conditions	Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
Language	n/a
Related Material	A drawing of the same specimen is at LDGSL/615 Folio 4, sheet 36 (2).
ArchNote	Based on a listing made by Mahala Andrews (1977-1981), expanded by Caroline Lam
Subject	Palaeoichthyology
Subject	Palaeontology

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/44	AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist	1807-1873
DS/UK/11	BUCKLAND; William (1784-1856); geologist and dean of Westminster	1784-1856
DS/UK/801	OMALIUS D'HALLOY; Jean Baptiste Julien d' (1783-1875); geologist	1783-1875

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