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RefNoPP/10/34
Previous numbersPP/42/34
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Further experiments on the distribution of micro-organisms in air (by Hesse's method)' by Percy Faraday Frankland and T G Hart
CreatorHart; T G (fl 1886-1887)
Date1887
DescriptionFrankland and Hart write: 'In a previous communication entitled “The distribution of micro­organisms in air" a number of experiments have been recorded by one of us on the relative abundance of microbes in the air of various places and of the same place at different times. The numerical determination of the aërial micro-organisms in these experiments was made by means of Hesse’s apparatus, the method of using which was there fully described.'

Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes large fold-out graph.

Subject: Chemistry / Biology

Received 22 November 1886. Read 9 December 1886.

A version of this paper was published in volume 42 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Further experiments on the distribution of micro-organisms in air (by Hesse's method)'.
Extent13p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1886.0077
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1886.0107
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1887.0051
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CodePersonNameDates
NA2163Frankland; Percy Faraday (1858 - 1946); chemist1858 - 1946
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