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RefNoPT/14/3
LevelItem
TitleLetter, explanation of accompanying paper from James Carson to Thomas Young
Date25 September 1819
DescriptionLetter to preface the paper titled 'On the elasticity of the lungs,' submitted to the Royal Society by Carson via Thomas Young. Paper found at PT/14/4.

Subject: Physiology

Accompanying paper was published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the elasticity of the lungs'.

Written by Carson in Liverpool. Read 25 November 1819.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1820.0004
RelatedRecordPT/14/4
PT/14/5
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1179Carson; James (1772 - 1843)1772 - 1843
NA7947Young; Thomas (1773 - 1829); physician, physicist and Egyptologist1773 - 1829
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