Record

Reference numberPT/57/1/4
LevelItem
TitlePlate, transverse section of frog thigh muscle by unknown artist
Date[1856]
DescriptionTwo figures showing different arrangements of a transverse section of frog thigh muscle in relation to gutta-percha, glasses, and a pile.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Electro-physiological researches. Physical and chemical phenomena of muscular contraction.— Tenth series. Part I'.

Written by Matteucci in Pise [Pisa, Italy]. Communicated by Michael Faraday. Received by the Royal Society on 12 June 1856. Read 19 June 1856.
Extent1p
FormatDrawing
Physical descriptionInk drawings on paper
Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1856.0056
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1857.0010
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8218Faraday; Michael (1791 - 1867); natural philosopher, scientific adviser, and Sandemanian1791 - 1867
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