Title |
Just Jaunting Round |
Identifier |
jaunt.xml |
Subject |
Microphotography; Fossils; Black widow spider |
Description |
Manuscript by Frank A. Beckwith, giving an account of his experimentation with microphotography to study fossils; followed by an essay entitled, "Experiments on the Black Widow, resumed in 1935" |
Personal Names |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951 |
Spatial Coverage |
Delta (Utah) |
Creator |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951 |
Publisher |
Hosted by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Date |
1937-07-04 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
Just Jaunting Round |
Language |
eng |
Relation |
Frank Asahel Beckwith Collection |
Rights Management |
Digital image copyright 2003, Beckwith Family. All rights reserved |
Holding Institution |
Delta City Library |
Source Material |
Just Jaunting Around Among Things Wee |
Source Physical Dimensions |
22cm x 29cm |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s699136q |
Setname |
dc_bpc |
ID |
126247 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s699136q |
Title |
Jaunting Round Among Things Wee |
Identifier |
056.tif |
Subject |
Spiders |
Description |
Wallace Holman brought me in a live beetle, of the large, heavy, clumsy kind, with wing case..." |
OCR Text |
Show July 4th wallace Holman brought me in live beetle of the largs heavy olumsy kind with wing case and wings under somewhat longer with very large horny palpt whioh we call beetle likeJune bug Donknow the name The Black Widow engaged 1t at once No fear of the the larger size of the prey Bound its hinder partsa oable With muoh tugging and lifting got it up DAtleg many times apoarently fast ontocable front leg in an hour the beetls was very quiet though not dead and the spider fastened herslf to it with her mouth parts sucking the beetle would shriak but so feeldly that life was Almost extinot or elese the polson had neerly perallized it I write this the spider 1s firmly fast with her mouth to the beetle but the hairs or wool on 1t give her much trouble and she is sucking on the head and exposed parts There are forty to fifty little ones in the bottle This bestle 1s thiokly coversd withhairy fuzz apoarently had for the spider to get into to makepunoture on the skin below that fuzz so she attacks the bar surfaces near the head She is busily feeding Digital image 2003 Beckwith Family Al rights reserved |
Type |
Image |
Format |
application/pdf |
Format Creation |
image/tiff |
Source |
Just Jaunting Round Scrapbook |
Coverage |
Utah |
Archival Resolution |
Archival TIFF: 3000 x 4600 |
Low Resolution |
JPEG: 800 x 600 |
Bit Depth |
8-bit |
Scanning Device |
Creo-Scitex Eversmart Jazz+ flatbed scanner |
Setname |
dc_bpc |
ID |
124420 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s699136q/124420 |