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Unpublished paper, 'On the colour of leaves of plants and their autumnal changes' by Arthur Hill Hassall

Reference number: AP/69/1

Date: 1892

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Hassall writes: 'Chlorophyll, the name given by botanists to the green colouring matter of the leaves of plants, is not, as hitherto obtained, a simple substance, but is composed, in part at least, of constituents whcih are non essential to its green colour, though iron is deemed to be an indispensible ingredient.' Hassall shares experimental observations on chlorophyll.

Annotations in ink throughout.

Subject: Biology / Botany

Received 21 June 1892. Communicated by [Thomas Henry] Huxley.

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AP/69/1
Earliest possible date
1892
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Ink on paper
Page extent
69 pages
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Manuscript

Creator name

Arthur Hill Hassall

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Arthur Hill Hassall, Unpublished paper, 'On the colour of leaves of plants and their autumnal changes' by Arthur Hill Hassall, 1892, AP/69/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_69_1/unpublished-paper-on-the-colour-of-leaves-of-plants-and-their-autumnal-changes-by-arthur-hill-hassall, accessed on 15 October 2024

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