Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1850
Reference number: PT/37
Date: March 1849 - April 1850

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The first of three volumes containing the manuscript versions of papers published by the Royal Society in volume 140 of Philosophical Transactions in 1850. This volume comprises papers I-XIV.
The volume also includes some original illustrations and figures in drawn in ink in support of the papers.
Missing from this volume is the manuscript for the following paper:
'On the automatic registration of magnetometers, and meteorological instruments, by photography.—No. III' by Charles Brooke.
- Reference number
- PT/37
- Earliest possible date
- March 1849 - April 1850
- Physical description
- Vellum-covered volume, gilded title on spine
- Page extent
- One volume containing 14 papers
- Format
- Manuscript
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1850, March 1849 - April 1850, PT/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_37/manuscripts-of-papers-published-in-philosophical-transactions-1850, accessed on 17 February 2025
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This volume contains 14 manuscripts:
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Paper, 'On the diffusion of liquids' by Thomas Graham
1849 Creator: Thomas Graham Reference number: PT/37/1 -
Paper, 'On the nitrogenated principles of vegetables as the sources of artificial alkaloids' by Dr John Stenhouse
11 June 1849 Creator: John Stenhouse Reference number: PT/37/2 -
Paper, 'On the mechanical equivalent of heat' by James P [Prescott] Joule
04 June 1849 Creator: James Prescott Joule Reference number: PT/37/3 -
Paper, 'Researches regarding the molecular constitution of the volatile organic bases' by A W [August Wilhelm von] Hofmann
1849 Creator: August Wilhelm von Hofmann Reference number: PT/37/4
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