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Paper, 'An experimental inquiry undertaken with the view of ascertaining whether any, and what signs of current electricity are manifested during the organic process of secretion in living animals; being an attempt to apply some of the discoveries of Faraday to physiology' by H F [Henry Foster] Baxter

Reference number: PT/34/15

Date: 1848

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20 manuscript pages and two plates showing components of Baxter's electrical experiments with a galvanometer.

Subject: Zoology / Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An experimental inquiry undertaken with the view of ascertaining whether any, and what signs of current electricity are manifested during the organic process of secretion in living animals, being an attempt to apply some of the discoveries of Faraday to physiology'.

Written by Baxter at 12 New Burlington Street [London]. Communicated by Sir Benjamin [Collins] Brodie. Received by the Royal Society on 6 May 1848. Read 25 May 1848.

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PT/34/15
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1848
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Ink on paper
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22 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Foster Baxter

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Henry Foster Baxter, Paper, 'An experimental inquiry undertaken with the view of ascertaining whether any, and what signs of current electricity are manifested during the organic process of secretion in living animals; being an attempt to apply some of the discoveries of Faraday to physiology' by H F [Henry Foster] Baxter, 1848, PT/34/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_34_15/paper-an-experimental-inquiry-undertaken-with-the-view-of-ascertaining-whether-any-and-what-signs-of-current-electricity-are-manifested-during-the-organic-process-of-secretion-in-living-animals-being-an-attempt-to-apply-some-of-the-discoveries-of-faraday-to-physiology-by-h-f-henry-foster-baxter, accessed on 05 December 2024

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