The first drawing of the Ceratias uranoscopus, the stargazing seadevil, drawn by Sir John Murray aboard HMS Challenger during its expedition to learn more about the deep sea. The University of Edinburgh holds the remnants of the archive of the expedition and printing process of the Reports.
Serradella, alfalfa and sand vetches are just a few examples of forage crops that have left their mark in the archives of Amaat Dumon, professor of agricultural sciences. As head of the Breeding Station of the Belgian Farmers' Union, of the university Laboratory for Applied Genetics and of the Flemish department of the General Inspection Service for Seeds and Seeds, Dumon was an expert in the extraction, propagation and breeding of seeds. His remarkable didactic collection includes dozens of test tubes, sachets and aspirin tubes filled with colorful seeds.
