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Unpublished paper, 'On the composition of haemocyanin' by A B Griffiths

Reference number: AP/68/4

Date: 1892

Description

Griffiths suggests that he has 'determined the appropriate composition of haemocyanin', the 'chief oxygen-carrier in the blood of the higher invertebrate'. He submits haemocyanin derived from the blood of Homarus, Sepia and Cancer respectively to chemical analysis and presents his results.

Subject: Biology

Received 16 March 1892 / 19 March 1892. Communicated by M [Michael] Foster, Secretary of the Royal Society.

Written by Griffiths at Richmond House, Charlotte Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham [England].

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AP/68/4
Earliest possible date
1892
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Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

A B Griffiths

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A B Griffiths, Unpublished paper, 'On the composition of haemocyanin' by A B Griffiths, 1892, AP/68/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_68_4/unpublished-paper-on-the-composition-of-haemocyanin-by-a-b-griffiths, accessed on 22 April 2025

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