Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from James Small

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GB 0248 DC 002/14/426

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10 November 1921

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letter

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Small | James | 1889-1955 | professor of botany, Queens University Belfast

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Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from James Small relating to [botanical] form and function. From Bower's remarks he thinks Bower will have seen his textbook. The format of the book has prevented him from bringing form and function as close as he wished. He finds organography with 'a more physico-chemical complexion than most of Goebel's' strongly appealing, aiming towards structure being completely explained in terms of chemistry and physics, making physicology anatomical and anatomy physiological.

He relates his theory of tuberology, relating to carbon dioxide balance and the article by Priestley in the last issue of Science Progress.

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Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from James Small
Item Summary
Reference Code	GB 0248 DC 002/14/426
Date(s)	10 November 1921
Extent and medium of the unit of description	1 letter
Name of creator	Small \| James \| 1889-1955 \| professor of botany, Queens University Belfast
Scope and Content
Scope and Content	Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from James Small relating to [botanical] form and function. From Bower's remarks he thinks Bower will have seen his textbook. The format of the book has prevented him from bringing form and function as close as he wished. He finds organography with 'a more physico-chemical complexion than most of Goebel's' strongly appealing, aiming towards structure being completely explained in terms of chemistry and physics, making physicology anatomical and anatomy physiological. He relates his theory of tuberology, relating to carbon dioxide balance and the article by Priestley in the last issue of Science Progress.
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Subjects	Botany Chemistry Physics Scholarly Publishing
People	Bower \| Frederick Orpen \| 1855-1948 \| regius professor of botany, University of Glasgow Goebel \| Karl Immanuel Eberhard \| Von \| 1855-1932 \| German botanist Priestley \| Joseph Hubert \| 1883-1944 \| professor of botany, University of Leeds Small \| James \| 1889-1955 \| professor of botany, Queens University Belfast
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