scholarly journals William Paley, William Buckland and the Oxford University Museum

2018 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Emma Peacocke
Keyword(s):  
Oxford University ◽  
William Paley ◽  
University Museum

scholarly journals IX. The development of the skull of the shrew

1929 ◽  
Vol 217 (440-449) ◽  
pp. 411-480 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Anatomy ◽  
Sorex Araneus ◽  
Great Pleasure ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Blotting Paper ◽  
Modern Methods ◽  
Special Points ◽  
University Museum ◽  
Constant Interest

The student of the mammalian chondrocranium, the existing knowledge of which has recently so excellently been summed up by Matthes (1921 b , 1922), cannot but be surprised at the fact that a mammal so interesting and easily available as the shrew has not yet been thoroughly studied by modern methods. Of Parker’s magnificent pioneer work (1885) it is unnecessary to speak; the only other investigator who has turned his attention to the shrew is Levi (1909), who did not, however, make a model of it, and Ärnbäck Christie-Linde (1907), who studied certain special points only. The present work was done in the Department of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy of the Oxford University Museum, on a number of embryos of Sorex araneus , which I owe to the generosity of my friend Mr. C. S. Elton, to whom my thanks are here extended. These embryos were cut into series of sections, and one of these, of an embryo 11 mm. in length, was reconstructed into a blotting-paper—wax model, at a magnification of 80 diameters. In the construction of this model I enjoyed the assistance of Mr. J. H. Beal, which help is hereby gratefully acknowledged. To my wife I am greatly indebted for the preparation of the Plates illustrating the model for publication. Lastly, I take great pleasure in recording my debt to Prof. Goodrich for his constant interest and encouragement in this and kindred work.

Lectotype designations, taxonomic notes and new synonymies in some species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Amédée Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4624 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-40
Author(s):  
FELIPE VIVALLO
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
Nomen Dubium ◽  
University Museum

In this paper the primary types of Centris described by Amédée Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau in 1841 deposited at Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France and Hope Entomological Collection, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, United Kingdom were studied. To stabilize the application of some names, lectotypes were designated for C. bimaculata, C. collaris, C. decolorata, C. denudans, C. dorsata, C. ferruginea, C. fuscata, C. maculata (= C. decolorata), C. obsoleta, C. picea, C. poecila, C. trigonoides, C. violacea and C. vittata. Centris picea nomen oblitum is withdrawn from the synonymy of C. lanipes (Fabricius) and proposed as new junior synonym of C. trigonoides nomen protectum. Centris nigrescens is removed from the synonymy of C. vittata and revalidated, proposing C. merrillae Cockerell and C. lanipes ogilviei Cockerell as its new junior synonymies. Lectotypes for this latter species and for C. rubella Smith (= C. ferruginea) were also designated. In addition, due to the impossibility of identifying C. thoracica and the misplacement of its type material, it is proposed to consider it nomen dubium and place it incertae sedis. 

A breach too far? East Norfolk's place in William Smith's search for success.

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Riches
Keyword(s):  
Sand Dunes ◽  
Far East ◽  
Coastal Engineering ◽  
Coastal Processes ◽  
Technical Success ◽  
Engineering Project ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Local Newspapers ◽  
University Museum

William Smith (1769–1839) played an important role in the defence of the fourteen kilometers of coast between Winterton and Eccles, in East Norfolk, UK between 1803 and 1809. Although now known as a geologist, he earned much of his income as an engineer. Smith's main job was to repair the breaches in the Sandhills (sand dunes) that protected farmed lowland behind from sea flooding. At the same time, Smith became involved in several drainage projects in marshes behind the sand dunes which were instigated by ambitious and acquisitive landowners. Smith's nephew, John Phillips (1800–1874), gave a glowing but incomplete account of Smith's East Norfolk work in his Memoir. However, an analysis of the extensive archives in: the Norfolk Record Office, the William Smith Collection in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History and contemporary local newspapers has revealed that after apparent initial success, Smith's work on the Sandhills became more problematical, both technically and financially, and his relationships with local landowners, for whom he worked, became increasingly fractured. The Sandhills work was Smith's first coastal engineering project and, through a combination of his own inexperience and his oversimplification of the coastal processes, his designs did not provide a permanent solution to the erosion of the Sandhills by sea surges nor were his designs retained in subsequent years. Comparison of Smith's design concepts with those used by other contemporary engineers reveal that Smith's limited technical success came from a major earthmoving program to infill the Gaps (breaches) in the Sandhills and the adoption of care and maintenance programs to sustain the sea defences, rather than from any innovative engineering.

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Antiquity ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 76 (291) ◽  
pp. 241-246
Author(s):  
N. James
Keyword(s):  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Ecological History ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
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