Accession No

4911

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing a table detailing numerical values of some properties for different families of plants, with a normal spectrum for comparison, by G. B. 'Herbert' Newham, English, early to mid 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Newham, G. B. 'Herbert'

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1919

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 713mm; height 1102mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Inscription

Description Notes

Table, outlined in blue pencil, with a wide column for plant family names, then five smaller columns headed ‘Ph’ [sic]; ‘Ch’; ‘H’; ‘Cr’; ‘Th’.
The names are ‘GYMNOSPERMS’, ‘MONOCOTYLEDONS’, ‘CHORIPETALAE’, and ‘GAMOPETALAE’. ‘NORMAL SPECTRUM’ appears in the bottom row.
Names are stencilled capitals, numerical data are handwritten.
Fair condition.

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