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Item Contributions to the ethnology of Egypt([1875]) Owen, Richard, 1804-1892.Galley proof an article published in: The journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, v. 4, pages 223-254 (1875); pasted onto sheets and with numerous holograph annotations. Comparative study on the origins of the ancient Egyptians. Intended as a reply to an article published in the Journal of the Ethnological Society of London. Includes detailed analysis of ancient Egyptian sculpture material as anthropological evidence of racial characteristics, as well as anthropometric data.Item Lecture II, The skeleton [of fishes]([1843]) Owen, Richard, 1804-1892.Holograph. Subsequently published in: Lectures on the comparative anatomy and physiology of the vertebrate animals : delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, in 1844 and 1846. Part 1, Fishes. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846. Pages 20-41.Item Letter from Richard Owen, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c &c on Dr. Harlans notice of new fossil Mammalia &c published in this journal, vol. 43, p. 141.([1842]) Owen, Richard, 1804-1892.Letter dated Dec. 10th, 1842 and received by the editors of The American journal of science and arts, Jan. 27th, 1843. The letter was published in v. 44, no. 2, 1843 of that journal, as its art. 10. Rebuttal of R. Harlan's article, entitled Notice of two new fossil mammals from Brunswick Canal, Georgia; with observations on some new fossil quadrupeds of the United States, which was published in The American journal of science and arts, v. 43, Oct. 1842, no. 1 (as its art. 12) on pages 141-144.Item Missourium.([1841?]) Owen, Richard, 1804-1892.1. The Missouri leviathan [from the Times newspaper, 31 December 1841] (2 pages on 1 leaf) -- 2. Copy of a manuscript letter to Petty Vaughan, Esq., by William Clift (Owen's father-in-law), dated 20th Nov. 1841 (5 pages on 3 leaves) -- 3. Extract from The farmer's cabinet and American herd-book, vol. 6, no. A (whole no. 82), Nov. 15, 1841 [copy of text and illustration dealing with the Missouri leviathan] (2 pages on 1 leaf) -- 4. Report on the collection of fossil remainsfrom the Tertiary strata of the Missouri, now exhibiting at the Egyptian Hall, by Richard Owen (3 leaves)Item On cerebral homologies in vertebrates and invertebrates([1882]) Owen, Richard, 1804-1892.Holograph. Subsequently published in: The journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology, v. 17 (no. 97), on pages 1-40, published Mar. 24, 1883.Item On the homology of the conario-hypophysial tracts, or the so-called "pineal" and "pituitary" glands([1881]) Owen, Richard, 1804-1892.Holograph. Paper read Dec. 1, 1881 and subsequently published in: The journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology, v. 16 (no. 90), on pages 131-149, published Jan. 26, 1882 with slightly varying title: On the homology of the conario-hypophysial tract, or the so-called pineal and pituitary glands.Item Osteological contributions to the natural history of the chimpanzees (Troglodytes) & orangs (Pithecus). No. V, Comparison of the lower jaw & vertebrate column of the Troglodytes Gorilla, Troglodytes niger, Pithecus Satyrus, and different varieties of the human race(2015-06-29) Owen, Richard, 1804-1892.Holograph ms. The article was subsequently published in: Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, v. 4, pt. 4 (p. 89-115). The part was published some time between 1855 and 1862, the latter being the publication date printed on the vol. t.p. (the individual parts are undated). The article is numbered VIII in that vol. The statement below its caption title ("Read September 9, 1851") should have read "Read September 9, 1852."