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Letter, regarding 'On the estimation of the amylolytic and proteolytic activity of pancreatic extracts' from William Roberts to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: PP/1/10

Date: 30 November 1881

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Roberts writes to correct an omission in his paper.

Read 1 December 1881 / 8 December 1881.

Written by Roberts at 89 Mosley Street, Manchester [England].

This letter was published in volume 33 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Letter addressed to the Secretary R. S. by Dr. W. Roberts, F. R. S'.

The affiliated paper was published in volume 32 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the estimation of the amylolytic and proteolytic activity of pancreatic extracts'.

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PP/1/10
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30 November 1881
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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2 pages
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William Roberts

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William Roberts, Letter, regarding 'On the estimation of the amylolytic and proteolytic activity of pancreatic extracts' from William Roberts to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 30 November 1881, PP/1/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_1_10/letter-regarding-on-the-estimation-of-the-amylolytic-and-proteolytic-activity-of-pancreatic-extracts-from-william-roberts-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 13 October 2026

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