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Published posthumously and arranged by James Paget.

Subject: Entomology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations on the respiratory movements of insects'.

Communicated by James Paget. Received by the Royal Society on 20 August 1854. Read 16 November 1854.

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 7, 1856.

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PT/50/5
Earliest possible date
1854
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
23 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Frederick Barlow

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William Frederick Barlow, Paper, 'Observations on the respiratory movements of insects' by William Frederick Barlow, 1854, PT/50/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_50_5/paper-observations-on-the-respiratory-movements-of-insects-by-william-frederick-barlow, accessed on 20 April 2025

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