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Subject: Zoology / Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Influence of physical agents on the development of the tadpole of the triton and the Frog'.

Written by Higginbottom in Nottingham. Communicated by Thomas Bell. Received by the Royal Society on 6 April 1850. Read 16 May 1850.

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 5, 1851.

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PT/38/7
Earliest possible date
05 February 1850
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Ink on paper
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12 pages
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Manuscript

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John Higginbottom

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John Higginbottom, Paper, 'Influence of physical agents on the developement [sic] of the tadpole of the triton and the frog' by John Higginbottom, 05 February 1850, PT/38/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_38_7/paper-influence-of-physical-agents-on-the-developement-sic-of-the-tadpole-of-the-triton-and-the-frog-by-john-higginbottom, accessed on 13 May 2026

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