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Letter, explanation of accompanying paper from James Carson to Thomas Young

Reference number: PT/14/3

Date: 25 September 1819

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Letter to preface the paper titled 'On the elasticity of the lungs,' submitted to the Royal Society by Carson via Thomas Young. Paper found at PT/14/4.

Subject: Physiology

Accompanying paper was published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the elasticity of the lungs'.

Written by Carson in Liverpool. Read 25 November 1819.

Reference number
PT/14/3
Earliest possible date
25 September 1819
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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James Carson

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James Carson, Letter, explanation of accompanying paper from James Carson to Thomas Young, 25 September 1819, PT/14/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_14_3/letter-explanation-of-accompanying-paper-from-james-carson-to-thomas-young, accessed on 12 November 2024

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