| Reference number | AP/39/25 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'Inquiries into the quantity of air inspired throughout the day and night, and under the influence of exercise, food, medicine, temperature, &c.' by Edward Smith |
| Date | March 1857 |
| Description | This communication consists of three parts, and contains the results of 1200 series of observations. In the first part is contained the results of three investigations as to the quantity of air breathed during the whole of the 24 hours, and registered every five, 15, and 30 minutes. The second part describes the influence of posture, various kinds of exercise, physical agents, and different articles of food and medicine, on the quantity of air breathed, and on the frequency of the respiration and pulse. The third part is devoted to certain inquiries in relation to the temperature of the body.
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.
Subject: Biology
Received 19 March 1857. Communicated by Dr [William Benjamin] Carpenter.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Inquiries into the quantity of air inspired throughout the day and night, and under the influence of exercise, food, medicine, temperature, &c'. |
| Extent | 139p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA3680 | Smith; Edward (c 1818 - 1874) | c 1818 - 1874 |
| NA2869 | Carpenter; William Benjamin (1813 - 1885); naturalist | 1813 - 1885 |