Organisms
Man in small boat holding hand net above collection containers in adjacent boat. Squid can be seen in hand net.
Man in small boat pulling a small shart out of the net at weir. Other fish visible in box in bottom of boat.
Two men examining shark trussed up be its tail. Syringe is inserted into underside of shark.
In 1988 the Marine Biological Laboratory celebrated its centennial. In this well-researched, sometimes humorous, always human "biography" of this eclectic institution, historian of science Jane Maienschein catches a glimpse of what it is that has made the MBL so special to all who have spent any time there.
Black and white illustration, also with vellum paper showing revisions, and edited captions of figure 121 (pg 191) for Huettner's "Fundamentals of Comparative Embryology of the Vertebrates", revised edition, 1949. Huettner has handwritten notes describing and revising the illustration.
Black and white illustration with handwritten notes of figure 168 (pg 263) for Huettner's "Fundamentals of Comparative Embryology of the Vertebrates", revised edition, 1949.
Black and white illustration, also with vellum paper showing revisions, and edited captions of figure 197 (pg 298) for Huettner's "Fundamentals of Comparative Embryology of the Vertebrates", revised edition, 1949. Huettner has handwritten notes describing and revising the illustration.
Black and white illustration, also with vellum paper showing revisions, and edited captions of figure 111 (pg 175) for Huettner's "Fundamentals of Comparative Embryology of the Vertebrates", revised edition, 1949. Huettner has handwritten notes describing and revising the illustration.
Black and white illustration, also with vellum paper showing revisions, and edited captions of figure 192 (pg 293) for Huettner's "Fundamentals of Comparative Embryology of the Vertebrates", revised edition, 1949. Huettner has handwritten notes describing and revising the illustration.
Black and white illustration, also with vellum paper showing revisions, and edited captions of figure 138 (pg 216) for Huettner's "Fundamentals of Comparative Embryology of the Vertebrates", revised edition, 1949. Huettner has handwritten notes describing and revising the illustration.
On the arrival of his new collaborator Rita Levi-Montalcini. On Yamado's experiments with A. punctatum. On obtaining frog eggs. On the technique of hypoph. injection. On their planned book.