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Unpublished paper, 'On the ultimate analysis of organic compounds' by Robert Rigg

Reference number: AP/22/15

Date: 1838

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Rigg describes his method of analysing organic compounds, which he describes as having 'the advantage of extreme simplicity and ready application' and producing accurate results.

Subject: Organic chemistry

Received 4 August 1838

A version of this paper was published by Rigg in the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science: Rigg, Robert Esq. M R I. 'On a method of analysing organic compounds'. The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, volume 12, number 71-72 (1838), pp. 31-34.

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AP/22/15
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1838
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38 pages
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Robert Rigg, Unpublished paper, 'On the ultimate analysis of organic compounds' by Robert Rigg, 1838, AP/22/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_22_15/unpublished-paper-on-the-ultimate-analysis-of-organic-compounds-by-robert-rigg, accessed on 21 April 2025

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