Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1844
Reference number: PT/28
Date: November 1843 - August 1844
Description
Volume of the manuscript versions of papers published by the Royal Society in volume 134 of 'Philosophical Transactions'.
The volume includes some original illustrations and figures drawn in ink in support of the papers.
Many manuscripts for papers published in volume 134 are missing. Included in this volume are the following papers:
'On the thermal changes accompanying basic substitutions' by Thomas Andrews;
'A description of an extensive series of the water battery; with an account of some experiments made in order to test the relation of the electrical and the chemical actions which take place before and after completion of the voltaic circuit' by John Peter Gassiot;
'On a general method in analysis' by George Boole;
'Observations on some of the nebulæ' by William Parsons;
'On the comparative anatomy of the thyroid gland' by John Simon; and
'Researches into the structure and development of a newly discovered parasitic animalcule of the human skin—the entozoon folliculorum' by Erasmus Wilson.
- Reference number
- PT/28
- Earliest possible date
- November 1843 - August 1844
- Physical description
- Vellum-covered volume, gilded title on spine
- Page extent
- One volume containing six papers
- Format
- Manuscript
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1844, November 1843 - August 1844, PT/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_28/manuscripts-of-papers-published-in-philosophical-transactions-1844, accessed on 16 July 2025
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This volume contains 6 manuscripts:
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Paper, 'On the thermal changes accompanying basic substitutions' by Thomas Andrews
1843 Creator: Thomas Andrews Reference number: PT/28/1 -
Paper, 'A description of an extensive series of the water battery; with an account of some experiments made in order to test the relation of electrical and chemical action which takes place before and after completion of the voltaic circuit' by John P [Peter] Gassiot
1843 Creator: John Peter Gassiot Reference number: PT/28/2 -
Paper, ['On a general method in analysis'] by George Boole
1844 Creator: George Boole Reference number: PT/28/3 -
Paper, 'Observations on some of the nebulæ' by the Earl of Rosse [William Parsons]
1844 Creator: William Parsons Reference number: PT/28/4
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The 'Philosophical Transactions' collection comprises manuscript versions of papers published in The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the world’s first and longest continuously running journal dedicated to science.
Dates: 1802 - 1865
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