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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1845

Reference number: PT/29

Date: January 1842 - June 1845

Description

Volume of the manuscript versions of papers published by the Royal Society in volume 135 of Philosophical Transactions in 1845.

The volume also includes some original illustrations and figures in various media (drawings, watercolours) in support of the papers.

Missing from this volume are manuscripts for the following papers:
'On the laws of the tides on the coasts of Ireland, as inferred from an extensive series of observations made in connection with the ordnance survey of Ireland' by George Biddell Airy;
'Electro-physiological researches.—third memoir. On Induced contractions' by Carlo Matteucci; and
'Contributions to the chemistry of the urine. On the variations in the alkaline and earthy phosphates in the healthy state, and on the alkalescence of the urine from fixed alkalies' by Henry Bence Jones.

Reference number
PT/29
Earliest possible date
January 1842 - June 1845
Physical description
Vellum-covered volume, gilded title on spine
Page extent
One volume containing 13 papers and two letters
Format
Manuscript

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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1845, January 1842 - June 1845, PT/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_29/manuscripts-of-papers-published-in-philosophical-transactions-1845, accessed on 29 November 2023

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  • Philosophical Transactions

    Dates: 1802-1865

    The 'Philosophical Transactions' collection comprises manuscript versions of papers published in The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the world’s first and longest continuously running journal dedicated to science.

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