Guinea pig and 'Maltese mushroom' from Linnaeus's 'Academic delights' Flor The four spermatic vessels Plate

The four spermatic vessels Plate 15 from Anatomy of the Human Body by William Cheselden FRS (London

The City aldermen and Lord Mayor John Garratt examining an enormous louse on the Mansion House state bed

Sir David Gill was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1883

his sectarian enemies

a great number of people can be seen strolling in the park

Guinea pig and 'Maltese mushroom' from Linnaeus's 'Academic delights' Flor The four spermatic vessels PlateGuinea pig (Mus porcellus) from thesis LIX by Johanes Just. Nauman, 1754, and Fungus melitensis from thesis LXV on the 'Maltese mushroom' by Johanne Pfeiffer, 1755, published in volume 4 of Amoenitates academicae (Stockholm, 1759). Amoenitates academicae ('Academic delights', 10 volumes, 1749 1790) was published in Carl Linnaeus's name, and edited by him (vols 1 7) and J C D Schreber (vols 8 10). It consisted of theses presented and defended by