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Paper, 'Note on the number of micro-organisms in moorland air' by Thomas Carnelley and Thomas Wilson

Reference number: PP/11/25

Date: 1888

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The authors write: 'As no determinations appear to have been made of the number of micro-organisms in moorland air, the following results obtained last summer may be of interest as forming a small contribution to our knowledge of the distribution of micro-organisms in the air of different localities.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Microbiology

Received 3 February 1888. Read 16 February 1888. Communicated by Henry Roscoe.

A version of this paper was published in volume 43 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Note on the number of micro-organisms in moorland air'.

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PP/11/25
Earliest possible date
1888
Physical description
Ink and coloured pencil on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Carnelley

Thomas Wilson

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Thomas Carnelley, Thomas Wilson, Paper, 'Note on the number of micro-organisms in moorland air' by Thomas Carnelley and Thomas Wilson, 1888, PP/11/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_11_25/paper-note-on-the-number-of-micro-organisms-in-moorland-air-by-thomas-carnelley-and-thomas-wilson, accessed on 19 April 2025

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