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'An Experiment designed to shew whether the Muscles of an Animal in their action, are bigger or lesse in their total summe of Dimensions' brought in by Jonathan Goddard

Reference number: RBO/4/25

Date: 1669

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Figure of immersing the arm in water which has been encased
Read to the Royal Society on 16 December 1669

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RBO/4/25
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1669
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1 page
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Manuscript

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'An Experiment designed to shew whether the Muscles of an Animal in their action, are bigger or lesse in their total summe of Dimensions' brought in by Jonathan Goddard, 1669, RBO/4/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_4_25/an-experiment-designed-to-shew-whether-the-muscles-of-an-animal-in-their-action-are-bigger-or-lesse-in-their-total-summe-of-dimensions-brought-in-by-jonathan-goddard, accessed on 01 November 2024

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