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Ref NoDF/ZOO/238/5/114
Alt Ref NoDF238/5/114
Acc No2025/24
TitleSF114 Hearing in Cetaceans F. C. Fraser and P. E. Purves
DescriptionProofs of 'Hearing in Cetaceans', F. C. Fraser and P. E. Purves, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, Volume 2, Number 5, 1953; text of 'Experiments on Dolphin Larynges', F. C. Fraser and P. E. Purves; correspondence relating to 'Hearing in Cetaceans', including thanks for reprints and discussion of article and research; photographs of the pterygoid sinus and cushion at the back of the skull of a sperm whale; details of a course on the fundamentals of ultrasonics run by the Institute of Laryngology and Otology and Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London; 'Fractured Earbones of Blue Whales', reprint from The Scottish Naturalist, Volume 65, Number 3; list of skulls in the hearing exhibit, from P. E. Purves to J. E. King, 23 April 1964; trade literature from American Electronic Laboratories Inc relating to the Phonocatheter; draft text on the Hearing in Cetaceans exhibit for inclusion in the Museum's 1966 report, with photos of the exhibition.
Correspondents include R. J. Pumphrey, University of Liverpool; Age Jonsgard, Universitetets Biologiske Laboratorium Og Statens Institutt for Hvalforskning; Professor Sir Bryan Matthews, The Physiological Laboratory, Downing Street, Cambridge; E. R. Hall, University of Kansas Museum of Natural History; Henry Kritzler, Duke University; E. J. Slijper, University of Amsterdam; H. W. Symons, Hector Whaling Limited; A. J. E. Cave, St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School; Robert Clarke, National Institute of Oceanography; R. Laws, National Institute of Oceanography; R. S. Dietz, Office of Assistant Naval Attache for Research; A. Tumarkin, Liverpool; W. N. Kellogg, Oceanographic Institute, Florida University; Edward M. Nelson, Loyola University Medical School; Remington Kellogg, Smithsonian Institution.
Date1954-1966
AccessStatusOpen
Held ByNHM Archives
Extent1 file
LevelFile

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PX239Fraser; Francis Charles (1903-1978); Keeper of Zoology1903-1978
PX1946Purves; Peter Ernest (1915-1998); Senior experimental officer in Department of Zoology at NHM1915-1998
PX280Cave; Sir; Alexander James Edward (1900-2001); Professor; Anatomist1900-2001
PX10609Kellogg; Remington (1892-1969)1892-1969
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