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Paper, 'Electro-physiological researches on induced contraction. 9th series' by Mr Ch [Carlo] Matteucci

Reference number: PT/39/3

Date: 01 April 1850

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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Electro-Physiological resarches. On induced contraction.-Ninth series'.

Written by Matteucci in Pisa [Italy]. Communicated by W R [William Robert] Grove. Received by the Royal Society on 19 May 1850. Read 20 June 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/39/3
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01 April 1850
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11 pages
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William Robert Grove

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William Robert Grove, Paper, 'Electro-physiological researches on induced contraction. 9th series' by Mr Ch [Carlo] Matteucci, 01 April 1850, PT/39/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_39_3/paper-electro-physiological-researches-on-induced-contraction-9th-series-by-mr-ch-carlo-matteucci, accessed on 21 April 2026

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