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Jago presents observations and results of experiments he has made on the ear and the tympanum.

Annotations in ink throughout. Marked on front as 'Archives 1858'.

Subject: Physiology

Received 23 January 1858. Communicated by [William] Stokes.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 9 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the funcions of the tympanum'.

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AP/40/15
Earliest possible date
1858
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Ink on paper
Page extent
29 pages
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Manuscript

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James Jago

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James Jago, Unpublished paper, 'The functions of tympanum' by James Jago, 1858, AP/40/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_40_15/unpublished-paper-the-functions-of-tympanum-by-james-jago, accessed on 15 May 2025

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