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Letter from Arthur William Rucker, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'On the electromotive changes connected with the beat of the mammalian heart, and of the human heart in particular' by Augustus Desire Waller

Reference number: RR/10/230

Date: 08 August 1888

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Encloses report [RR/10/229]. Cannot give full report at this time. Refers to Joseph John Thomson. Will give a fuller opinion once he has read a relevant paper previously published in the Philosophical Transactions

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1889]

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RR/10/230
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08 August 1888
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur William Rücker

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Arthur William Rücker, Letter from Arthur William Rucker, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'On the electromotive changes connected with the beat of the mammalian heart, and of the human heart in particular' by Augustus Desire Waller, 08 August 1888, RR/10/230, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_230/letter-from-arthur-william-rucker-to-john-william-strutt-3rd-baron-rayleigh-regarding-a-paper-on-the-electromotive-changes-connected-with-the-beat-of-the-mammalian-heart-and-of-the-human-heart-in-particular-by-augustus-desire-waller, accessed on 14 January 2025

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