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RefNoAP/71/1
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'On the ascent of sap' by Henry H [Horatio] Dixon and J [John] Joly
Date1894
DescriptionThis paper concerns Dixon and Joly's researches into 'the transpiration-current in plants and also of a theory [...] to explain the causes of the ascent of sap in high trees, when root-pressure is not acting.'

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Note on front reads 'This MS being the original version is to be preserved in the archives - H [Herbert] Rix'. Note preceding the paper reads 'This is the portion of the original which was not printed.'

Subject: Botany / Phytomorphology

Received 16 October 1894. Read 15 November 1894.

A version of this paper was published in volume 186 of Philosophical Transactions as 'On the ascent of sap'.
Extent118p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1894.0126
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1895.0012
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA824Joly; John (1857 - 1933); geologist and physicist1857 - 1933
NA1758Dixon; Henry Horatio (1869 - 1953)1869 - 1953
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