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Lapham Shell Drawings
1828
Increase Lapham's drawings of Unio plicatus and Unio radiatum (?) from the Scioto River, Cypraea tigris (Tiger cowry), and an Atlantic Ocean shell. The page also contains a color wheel.
Louisville and Portland Railroad
February 15, 1830
Increase Lapham's drawing of a railroad tunnel and railroad tracks.
Increase Lapham Plant Drawings
1828
Increase Lapham drawings of Poa pratensis, Festuca duriuscula, Lolium prenne, Alopecurus pratensis, Anthoxanthum odoratum, Poa compressa, Lobelia siphilitica, Myrica cerifera (candle berry myrtle),...
Geological Profile from the Sandusky Plains to Portsmouth
December 22, 1830
Increase Lapham's drawing of the geological profile between the Sandusky plains and Portsmouth, Ohio.
