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Unpublished paper, 'Remarks, on an acrid principle pervading several genera of plants' by John Frost

Reference number: AP/13/6

Date: 01 May 1827

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Frost writes on experiments that seek to prove that an acrid purgative principle exists in several genera of plants, including Jatropha, Ricinus, Euphorbia, and Croton. He names the principle 'Jatrophine'.

John Frederick William Herschel has written his initials next to the date received. A graphite inscription final page verso reads 'Not to be', which is struck out, and below, 'Archives'. Numerous deletions appear throughout in graphite.

Subject: Botany / Chemistry

Written by Frost at 29 Bridge St, Blackfriars [London]. Communicated by Sir James McGrigor. Received by the Royal Society on Wednesday 30 May 1827. Read 21 June 1827.

Reference number
AP/13/6
Earliest possible date
01 May 1827
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Unpublished paper, 'Remarks, on an acrid principle pervading several genera of plants' by John Frost, 01 May 1827, AP/13/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_13_6/unpublished-paper-remarks-on-an-acrid-principle-pervading-several-genera-of-plants-by-john-frost, accessed on 29 April 2025

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