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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Bournon, Description of the corundum stone, and its varieties, commonly known by the names of Oriental ruby, sapphire, &c., 1802. CUL-DAR205.6.26. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2021. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.6 contains notes on embryology [pigeons].

The brown crayon number '12' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Embryology.

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Philosoph. Transacts 1802 p 302. It appears from concluding remarks, that the Arachnida do undergo some metamorphosis, (besides mere growth) in early stages before leaving egg

Mr. Newport on the Myriapoda

[Jacques Louis Bournon. 1802. Description of the corundum stone, and its varieties, commonly known by the names of Oriental ruby, sapphire, &c.; with Observations on some other mineral substances. Read 25 March, 1802. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society 92 (Dec.): 233-326.]

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