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Sharpey-Schafer writes that 'The perivisceral fluid of the sea-urchin is a coagulable fluid of about the same specific gravity and chemical composition as sea­ water.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Zoology

Received 8 November 1882. Read 7 December 1882.

A version of this paper was published in volume 34 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Preliminary notice of an investigation into the coagulation of the perivisceral fluid of the sea-urchin'.

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PP/2/32
Earliest possible date
1882
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer

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Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, Paper, 'Preliminary notice of an investigation into the coagulation of the perivisceral fluid of the sea-urchin' by E A [Edward Albert Sharpey] Schafer, 1882, PP/2/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_2_32/paper-preliminary-notice-of-an-investigation-into-the-coagulation-of-the-perivisceral-fluid-of-the-sea-urchin-by-e-a-edward-albert-sharpey-schafer, accessed on 17 June 2025

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    Dates: 1882 - 1894

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