| RefNo | PT/34/15/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, figures 1-8 showing arrangement of galvanometer, mercurial cup, and electrodes by Henry Foster Baxter |
| Creator | Baxter; Henry Foster (fl 1848-1860); Member of the Royal College of Surgeons |
| Date | [1848] |
| Description | Figures 1-8 showing arrangements of the materials used by Baxter in his experiments, including a mercurial cup, copper wire, galvanometer, platinum plates, and electrodes.
Subject: Zoology / Physiology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An experimental inquiry undertaken with the view of ascertaining whether any, and what signs of current electricity are manifested during the organic process of secretion in living animals, being an attempt to apply some of the discoveries of Faraday to physiology'.
Written by Baxter at 12 New Burlington Street [London]. Communicated by Sir Benjamin [Collins] Brodie. Received by the Royal Society on 6 May 1848. Read 25 May 1848. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Graphite diagrams on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1848.0017 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/1/16 |
| RR/1/17 |
| PT/34/15 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8147 | Brodie; Sir; Benjamin Collins (1783 - 1862); surgeon | 1783 - 1862 |
| NA8218 | Faraday; Michael (1791 - 1867); natural philosopher, scientific adviser, and Sandemanian | 1791 - 1867 |