Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
33.GF.1980.7197 |
Title |
Figure # 7197 Freshwater Diatom (Pinnularia major) |
Object Name |
Manuscript |
Scope & Content |
An image from an unpublished manuscript by Phillip O. Gravelle. A scholar of light and chemistry, Gravelle utilized the patterns which were developed in his photomicrographs in textiles as well. He hoped to publish a book depicting design and symmetry as found in nature through the microscope. This book was never published, but the text and accompanying photographs were received by the Museum in December 1980. This image shows a Freshwater Diatom (Pinnularia major) collected in South Beach, CT from a slide prepared by Robert Hagelstein in September 1913. Diatoms are a group of microscopic algae characterized by a silica-based cell wall. Often found in water and soil, they produce much of the world's oxygen. Their silica shells are extremely intricate and remain intact after the organism dies. |
Creator |
Gravelle, Phillip O. |
Collection |
Gravelle-Foster Collection |
Web Rights |
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Catalog type |
Archive |