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Paper, 'Researches regarding the molecular constitution of the volatile organic bases' by A W [August Wilhelm von] Hofmann

Reference number: PT/37/4

Date: 1849

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Researches regarding the molecular constitution of the volatile organic bases'.

Communicated by Sir James Clark. Received by the Royal Society on 26 December 1849. Read 17 January 1850.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 5, 1851.

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PT/37/4
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1849
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62 pages
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August Wilhelm von Hofmann

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August Wilhelm von Hofmann, Paper, 'Researches regarding the molecular constitution of the volatile organic bases' by A W [August Wilhelm von] Hofmann, 1849, PT/37/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_37_4/paper-researches-regarding-the-molecular-constitution-of-the-volatile-organic-bases-by-a-w-august-wilhelm-von-hofmann, accessed on 24 March 2025

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