| Reference number | PT/34/15 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, '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' by H F [Henry Foster] Baxter |
| Creator | Baxter; Henry Foster (fl 1848-1860); Member of the Royal College of Surgeons |
| Date | [1848] |
| Description | 20 manuscript pages and two plates showing components of Baxter's electrical experiments with a galvanometer.
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 | 22p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1848.0017 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/1/16 |
| RR/1/17 |
| PT/34/15/1 |
| PT/34/15/2 |
| PT/34/15/3 |
| MC/4/254 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8147 | Brodie; Sir; Benjamin Collins (1783 - 1862); surgeon | 1783 - 1862 |
| NA8218 | Faraday; Michael (1791 - 1867); natural philosopher, scientific adviser, and Sandemanian | 1791 - 1867 |