Experimentum Bellini
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Small JPG1200 x 1458px — 307 KBLarge JPG2880 x 3499px — 1.6 MBFull-sized JPG4161 x 5055px — 3.2 MBOriginal fileTIFF — 4161 x 5055px — 60.2 MBManuscript owned by Issac Newton (1642-1727). Written in an unknown hand, the work consists of notes on a vivisection experiment conducted by Lorenzo Bellini (1643-1704), an Italian physician and anatomist. The experiment involves stopping and restarting the motion of a dog's diaphragm by pinching and releasing the phrenic nerve. The date of this document and Newton's interest in this experiment are unknown.
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A catalogue of the Portsmouth collection of books and papers written by or belonging to Sir Isaac Newton, chemistry parcel 5, item 30 (p. 18). Catalogue of the Newton papers... sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby and Co.... On Monday July 13, 1936, and Following Day., lot 88c (p. 14). The Roy G. Neville Historical Chemical Library, vol. 2, p. 658, where the manuscript is misidentified as belonging to lot 18 in the Sotheby's sale. |
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“Experimentum Bellini,” n.d. QD14 .N498. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/huxebr7.
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