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During the years 1877 to 1878, Power conducted a series of experiments on the excretion of nitrogen by the skin. He present his results alongside an overview of existing research into the topic.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.

Subject: Physiology / Chemistry

Received 7 February 1882. Read 16 February 1882. Communicated by [James] Emerson Reynolds.

A version of this paper was published in volume 33 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the excretion of nitrogen by the skin'.

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PP/1/29
Earliest possible date
1882
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
11 pages
Format
Manuscript

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J Byrne Power

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J Byrne Power, Paper, 'On the excretion of nitrogen by the skin' by J Byrne Power, 1882, PP/1/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_1_29/paper-on-the-excretion-of-nitrogen-by-the-skin-by-j-byrne-power, accessed on 18 April 2025

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