'Balaena Rostrata, Fabricus [Minke whale?]' Finish:20-pack Membre correspondant de l'Academie des

Membre correspondant de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris

The competition was won by CS Rolls

Scheme for a thermometer using temperature variations in an iron rod to move a dial on a clock-face temperature scale

View of the Temple of Concord in Green Park

Signed in ink lower left 'Franz Bauer del

'Balaena Rostrata, Fabricus [Minke whale?]' Finish:20-pack Membre correspondant de l'Academie desPlate 20 for the paper 'Observations on the structure and oeconomy of whales', by John Hunter, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society vol. 77 part 1 1787 pp. 371 450. Two views of the whale. Figure 1 is a view of the animal's left side with an inset key to measurements. The dorsal fin is absent and shown by a dotted line. Figure 2 is a plan view of the tail. Numbered 'V'. Not signed. Britannia design watermark. Original: ink on paper. 1787