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Paper, 'On the ascent of sap' by Henry H [Horatio] Dixon and J [John] Joly

Reference number: AP/71/1

Date: 1894

Description

This paper concerns Dixon and Joly's researches into 'the transpiration-current in plants and also of a theory [...] to explain the causes of the ascent of sap in high trees, when root-pressure is not acting.'

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Note on front reads 'This MS being the original version is to be preserved in the archives - H [Herbert] Rix'. Note preceding the paper reads 'This is the portion of the original which was not printed.'

Subject: Botany / Phytomorphology

Received 16 October 1894. Read 15 November 1894.

A version of this paper was published in volume 186 of Philosophical Transactions as 'On the ascent of sap'.

Reference number
AP/71/1
Earliest possible date
1894
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
118 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Joly

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Henry Horatio Dixon

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John Joly, Henry Horatio Dixon, Paper, 'On the ascent of sap' by Henry H [Horatio] Dixon and J [John] Joly, 1894, AP/71/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_71_1/paper-on-the-ascent-of-sap-by-henry-h-horatio-dixon-and-j-john-joly, accessed on 12 December 2024

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