Record

RefNoAP/8A/19
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'An account of some experiments made to ascertain the effects of voltaic electricity upon vegetable life' by John Williams
Date[1818]
DescriptionWilliams details experiments carried out on the effect of galvanism on the growth of plants, but does not come to any clear conclusions on the topic, instead suggesting that more research is required. The first page is written in a different hand, likely Williams', with the remainder of the paper written by a copyist.

Subject: Biology / Physics

Communicated by Thomas Andrew Knight. Read to the Royal Society on 4 June 1818.
Extent20p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7418Knight; Thomas Andrew (1759 - 1838)1759 - 1838
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