| RefNo | AP/40/9 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'On the electrical nature of the power possessed by Actiniae of our shores' by Robert McDonnell |
| Date | 1857 |
| Description | After referring to the phenomena manifested by electrical fish, and to alleged instances of numbing effects, but of doubtful electrical nature, produced on the naked hand by the contact of certain marine Invertebrata, McDonnell describes his own observations and experiments with the Actinia.
Annotations in pencil throughout.
Subject: Zoology / Electricity
Received 30 November 1857. Communicated by William Bowman.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 9 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the electrical nature of the power possessed by the actiniæ of our shores'. |
| Extent | 17p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1857.0020 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6249 | McDonnell; Robert (1828 - 1889) | 1828 - 1889 |
| NA3689 | Bowman; Sir; William (1816 - 1892); ophthalmic surgeon and anatomist | 1816 - 1892 |