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Paper, 'A new test for albumin and other proteids' by J A [John Alexander] MacWilliam

Reference number: PP/17/28

Date: 1891

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MacWilliam writes: 'Salicyl-sulpkonic acid is a remarkably powerful precipitant of proteid substances; it is an extremely delicate reagent for the detection of proteids in solution; it acts upon all the classes of proteid bodies.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Biology / Chemistry

Received 5 March 1891. Read 19 March 1891. Communicated by William Roberts.

A version of this paper was published in volume 49 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'A new test for albumin and other proteids'.

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PP/17/28
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1891
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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25 pages
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Manuscript

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John Alexander MacWilliam

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John Alexander MacWilliam, Paper, 'A new test for albumin and other proteids' by J A [John Alexander] MacWilliam, 1891, PP/17/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_17_28/paper-a-new-test-for-albumin-and-other-proteids-by-j-a-john-alexander-macwilliam, accessed on 27 April 2025

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