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Paper, 'On the compounds of ammonia with selenium dioxide' by Charles A Cameron and John Macallan

Reference number: PP/12/4

Date: 1888

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The authors write: 'The following experiments were undertaken with the object of determining the action of ammonia upon selenium dioxide. They have resulted in the discovery of two new compounds, which, from what has been ascertained regarding their constitution, may, perhaps, be best designated by the term selenosainates or ammonium salts of an acid—selenosamic—yet to be isolated.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Chemistry

Received 19 March 1888. Read 19 April 1888. Communicated by James Dewar.

A version of this paper was published in volume 44 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the compounds of ammonia with selenium dioxide'.

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PP/12/4
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1888
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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7 pages

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Charles A Cameron

John Macallan

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Charles A Cameron, John Macallan, Paper, 'On the compounds of ammonia with selenium dioxide' by Charles A Cameron and John Macallan, 1888, PP/12/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_12_4/paper-on-the-compounds-of-ammonia-with-selenium-dioxide-by-charles-a-cameron-and-john-macallan, accessed on 18 January 2025

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