Indian elephant eardrum and mastoid cells Size:XL: 120 x 100cm Plate 93 from British mineralogy:

Plate 93 from British mineralogy: or coloured figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain

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Indian elephant eardrum and mastoid cells Size:XL: 120 x 100cm Plate 93 from British mineralogy:Plate 4 from the paper 'On the difference of structure between the human Membrana Tympani and that of the elephant', by Sir Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 113 (1823), pp. 23 26. Showing the eardrum of a three week old Indian elephant in situ with the mastoid cells. From a specimen provided by Sir Stamford Raffles. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed in ink lower left [viewed in landscape format]