Paper, 'An account of the experiment preserving animals alive by blowing through their lungs' by Robert Hooke

Reference number: CLP/20/45

Date: 24 October 1667

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Discusses Hook's experiment involving blowing air into animals' lungs with bellows to keep them alive.

Subject: Zoology, Medicine

Reference number: CLP/20/45
Earliest possible date: 24 October 1667
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Paper, 'An account of the experiment preserving animals alive by blowing through their lungs' by Robert Hooke, 24 October 1667, CLP/20/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_20_45/paper-an-account-of-the-experiment-preserving-animals-alive-by-blowing-through-their-lungs-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 29 April 2025

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An account of an experiment made by M. Hook, of preserving animals alive by blowing through their lungs with bellows External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 3rd December 1666

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1666.0043

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Classified papers of the Royal Society
1660-1741 Reference number: CLP
Classified papers: volume 20, Robert Hooke's papers
1662-1699 Creator: Robert Hooke Reference number: CLP/20

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Dates: 1592 - 1741

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