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Hofmann discusses 'disulpho-acids' and shares brief details of recent experiments into these substances.

Subject: Chemistry

Received 5 June 1857. Read 18 June 1857.

A version of this paper was published in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the action of sulphuric acid upon anisic and salicylic acids'.

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AP/39/30
Earliest possible date
June 1857
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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August Wilhelm von Hofmann

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August Wilhelm von Hofmann, Paper, 'On the action of sulphuric acid upon anisic and salicylic acids' by A W [August Wilhelm von] Hofmann, June 1857, AP/39/30, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_39_30/paper-on-the-action-of-sulphuric-acid-upon-anisic-and-salicylic-acids-by-a-w-august-wilhelm-von-hofmann, accessed on 25 March 2025

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