Paper, 'An account of some new experiments relating to the motion of the sap in plants and trees' by Thomas Fairchild
Reference number: CLP/10ii/2
Date: 02 April 1724
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Fairchild was a gardener at Hoxdon [Hoxton], where he conducted various experiments involving grafting branches of certain species of trees onto other species. Trees involved in his experiments included laurels, mezereons, evergreen oaks, English oaks, junipers, viburnums, pear trees, and Lebanese cedars.
Subject: Botany
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of some new experiments, relating to the different, and sometimes contrary motion of the sap in plants and trees'.
Written by Fairchild in Hoxdon [Hoxton]. Read to the Royal Society on 2 April 1724.
- Reference number
- CLP/10ii/2
- Earliest possible date
- 02 April 1724
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Paper, 'An account of some new experiments relating to the motion of the sap in plants and trees' by Thomas Fairchild, 02 April 1724, CLP/10ii/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_10ii_2/paper-an-account-of-some-new-experiments-relating-to-the-motion-of-the-sap-in-plants-and-trees-by-thomas-fairchild, accessed on 19 January 2025
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Date: 31st December 1724
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1724.0027
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