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Paper, 'On the minute structure and movements of voluntary muscle' in a letter from Wm [William] Bowman to Robt [Robert] Bentley Todd

Reference number: PT/24/2

Date: 18 June 1840

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Illustrations for this paper have been separated from the manuscript and are found at PT/74/7/5-8.

Subject: Anatomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the minute structure and movements of voluntary muscle'.

Written by Bowman at King's College, London. Communicated by Todd. Received and read by the Royal Society on 18 June 1840.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 4, 1843.

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PT/24/2
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18 June 1840
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Ink on paper
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75 pages
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Manuscript

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William Bowman

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William Bowman, Paper, 'On the minute structure and movements of voluntary muscle' in a letter from Wm [William] Bowman to Robt [Robert] Bentley Todd, 18 June 1840, PT/24/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_24_2/paper-on-the-minute-structure-and-movements-of-voluntary-muscle-in-a-letter-from-wm-william-bowman-to-robt-robert-bentley-todd, accessed on 21 January 2025

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