Unpublished paper, 'On the life of plants and animals' by Sir Geo [George] Smith Gibbes

Reference number: AP/13/8

Date: 1828

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Gibbes discusses the process of digestion and assimilation of food in plants and animals and how this process sustains life, discussing monades in depth. He describes experiments conducted to study this effect. Ink inscription at bottom of covering slip reads 'No 34'.

Subject: Biology

Received by Captain [Edward] Sabine on 28 December 1827. Read 10 January 1828.

Reference number: AP/13/8
Earliest possible date: 1828
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 13 pages
Format: Manuscript

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George Smith Gibbes

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George Smith Gibbes, Unpublished paper, 'On the life of plants and animals' by Sir Geo [George] Smith Gibbes, 1828, AP/13/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_13_8/unpublished-paper-on-the-life-of-plants-and-animals-by-sir-geo-george-smith-gibbes, accessed on 16 March 2025

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Archived Papers
1768-1989 Reference number: AP
Archived papers: volume 13, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1827-1829
1826-1829 Reference number: AP/13

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