Ovum of a hen and egg yolks mb-code DCA_113802 It was thought that this

It was thought that this position was favourable as it relaxed the muscles and allowed them to stretch equally

View across the churchyard

Seated portrait of the singer Mary Ann Paton

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Ovum of a hen and egg yolks mb-code DCA_113802 It was thought that thisPlate 32 from the paper 'Observations on the changes the egg undergoes during incubation in the common fowl', by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 112 (1822), pp. 339 356. Twelve figures showing the ovum of a hen 'that had been laying for some time' with magnified views of the yolk of an egg and views of the egg, including in the oviduct and newly laid. With details of publication and plate details inscribed. Signed