Unpublished paper, 'Absorption of gases by charcoal: No. 2 - A new series of equivalents of molecules' by Robert Angus Smith
Reference number: AP/60/17
Date: 1879
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Smith continues his research into the absorption of gases by charcoal (see AP/45/11). He summarises the conclusions of his earlier paper and presents further experimental observations.
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Marked on front as 'Archives June 19 1879'. Followed by an appendix.
Subject: Chemistry
Received 30 January 1879. Read 6 February 1879.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 28 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Absorption of gases by charcoal. Part II. On a new series of equivalents or molecules'.
- Reference number
- AP/60/17
- Earliest possible date
- 1879
- Physical description
- Ink and graphite pencil on paper
- Page extent
- 34 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Robert Angus Smith, Unpublished paper, 'Absorption of gases by charcoal: No. 2 - A new series of equivalents of molecules' by Robert Angus Smith, 1879, AP/60/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_60_17/unpublished-paper-absorption-of-gases-by-charcoal-no-2-a-new-series-of-equivalents-of-molecules-by-robert-angus-smith, accessed on 13 July 2026
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II. Absorption of gases by charcoal. Part II. On a new series of equivalents or molecules External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1879
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1878.0135
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Archived papers: volume 60, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1877-1879
1877-1879 Reference number: AP/60
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