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Gibbes recounts experiments performed on various plant-based and animal-based alimentary substances, attempting to identify the princples that they preserve from life and then communicate to other organic bodies.

Subject: Chemistry / Biology

Received by Captain [Edward] Sabine on 12 October 1827.

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AP/13/7
Earliest possible date
1827
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
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Manuscript

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George Smith Gibbes

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George Smith Gibbes, Unpublished paper, 'On alimentary substances' by Sir Geo [George] Smith Gibbes, 1827, AP/13/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_13_7/unpublished-paper-on-alimentary-substances-by-sir-geo-george-smith-gibbes, accessed on 06 November 2024

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