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IN reference to the interesting letter of Dr. Hardy, published in NATURE of June 29, I should like to state that work on similar lines has been proceeding in this laboratory during the last year and a half. We have been investigating the general subject of “membrane-equilibria” and “membrane-potentials” in the case of non-dialysing electrolytes. An informal note on the principles involved in these investigations was read by me before the Physiological Society in December, 1910. Some time ago a paper dealing with the theory of these equilibria and potential-differences was sent to the Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie. In this paper, which is already in type, Dr. Hardy will find that I have arrived at equations expressing the membrane-potentials which are practically identical with the equation given in his letter. We propose, therefore, to continue our investigations on the subject.
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DONNAN, F. The Osmotic Pressure of Colloidal Salts. Nature 87, 45 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/087045c0
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