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Reference numberAP/52/10
LevelFile
TitleUnpublished paper, 'Researches in animal electricity' by Charles Bland Radcliffe
CreatorRadcliffe; Charles Bland (1822-1889); British physician
Date1870
DescriptionThe subjects of the inquiry are three in number: firstly, the electrical phenomena belonging to living nerve and muscle during rest; secondly, the electrical phenomena which mark the passing of nerve and muscle from the state of rest into that of action; and thirdly, the workings of voltaic electricity, and of electricity generally, upon nerve and muscle.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Marked on front as 'Archives Jan 19/71'. Includes a series of figures in the text of frogs' legs.

Received 10 March 1870. Read 16 June 1870. Communicated by Charles Brooke.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 18 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Researches in animal electricity'.
Extent102p
FormatDrawing
Manuscript
Physical descriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1870.0011
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CodeNameDates
NA7650Brooke; Charles (1804 - 1879)1804 - 1879
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