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Letter, 'On the optical characters of certain alkaloids associated with quinine, and of the sulphates of their iodo-compounds' from William Bird Herapath to [George Gabriel] Stokes

Reference number: AP/39/7

Date: 06 January 1856

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Herapath describes specimens he has obtained of the perfectly pure alkaloids quinidin [quinidine] and cinchonidin [cinchonidine], noting that quinidin possesses the phenomenon of fluorescence or 'epipolic dispersion', while cinchonidin does not.

Annotations in pencil throughout. Marked on front as 'Amend to pencil alterations'.

Subject: Chemistry

Received 8 January 1856. Communicated by Stokes.

Written by Herapath in Bristol [England].

This letter was published in full in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the optical characters of certain alkaloids associated with quinine, and of the sulphates of their iodo-compounds. By William Bird Herapath, M. D., in a letter to Professor Stokes, Sec. R. S. Communicated by Professor Stokes'.

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AP/39/7
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06 January 1856
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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7 pages
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William Bird Herapath

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William Bird Herapath, Letter, 'On the optical characters of certain alkaloids associated with quinine, and of the sulphates of their iodo-compounds' from William Bird Herapath to [George Gabriel] Stokes, 06 January 1856, AP/39/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_39_7/letter-on-the-optical-characters-of-certain-alkaloids-associated-with-quinine-and-of-the-sulphates-of-their-iodo-compounds-from-william-bird-herapath-to-george-gabriel-stokes, accessed on 20 September 2024

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