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RefNoAP/50/4
LevelItem
TitleSupporting figures, 'Researches on the blood - on the action of nitrates on blood' by Arthur Gamgee
Date1868
DescriptionFigures from a paper published by Gamgee in volume 158 of Philosophical Transactions as 'Researches on the blood.—On the action of nitrites on blood'.

Includes two circular plates of photographs of blood taken under a microscope, and a chart in red ink indicating the colours of 'normal arterial blood', 'blood in which nitrates have commenced to act', and 'blood after it has been fully acted upon by nitrates'. Note on front reads 'Last leaf of Gamgee not to be printed'.

Subject: Biology / Chemistry
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Photograph
Watercolour
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions271mm x 198mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1867.0071
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1868.0025
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6420Gamgee; Arthur (1841 - 1909)1841 - 1909
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