Accession No

4757

Brief Description

botanical wall chart showing forms of starch grains in different plants, by J. Ethridge, English, 1850-1967

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Ethridge, J.

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth

Dimensions

breadth 1270mm; height 1016mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘STARCH GRAINS - RANGE OF SHAPES AND SIZES
(AFTER TSCHIRCH, PFLANZENANATOMIE)’ (top)

Description Notes

Botanical wall chart showing forms of starch grains in different plants, by J. Ethridge, English, 1850-1967.
Black ink line drawing, with some shading, of starch grains in eight different species: top, L to R: maranta, manihot, canna, potato; bottom, L to R: wheat, barley, rye, maize.
Title at top, stencilled capitals.
The size of 100µ is marked (65mm).
Ref number on reverse.
Compare the starch particles on chart 4651, by ‘Frank und Tschirch’.

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