Paper, 'The assimilation of carbon by green plants from certain organic compounds' by E [Edward] Hamilton Acton

Description

Acton writes: 'The recent synthesis of a true glucose (“acrose”) by Fischer and Tafel, from acrolein (acrylic aldehyde) and also from glycerin, in conjunction with the additions to our knowledge of the constitution of dextrose and lævulose by Kiliani, &c., suggests fresh attention to the “aldehyde theory” regarding the synthetical formation of carbohydrate in green plants. It is now widely believed by vegetable physiologists that a glucose is produced in the first instance from CO2 and H2O, but the nature of the intermediate changes is still uncertain.'

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Includes three pages of diagrams of experimental apparatus.

Subject: Botany / Organic chemistry

Received 20 April 1889 / 16 January 1890. Read 16 May 1889.

A version of this paper was published in volume 47 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'The assimilation of carbon by green plants from certain organic compounds'.

Reference number

PP/15/12

Earliest possible date

1889-1890

Physical description

Ink and graphite pencil on paper

Page extent

43 pages

Format

Manuscript
Diagram