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Paper, 'On the constitution of the resins, Part III. The resins of sandarack, of the pinus abies and of olibanum' by James F W [Finlay Weir] Johnston

Reference number: PT/22/11

Date: 01 May 1839

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Refers to sandarac, the resin from tetraclinis articulata, the resin from pinus abies [Norway spruce], and olibanum [frankincense].

Subject: Botany

Published in volume 129 of Philosophical Transactions as 'On the constitution of the resins. Part III'.

Written by Johnston in Durham. Received by the Royal Society on 11 June 1839. Read 20 June 1839.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 4, 1843.

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PT/22/11
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01 May 1839
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26 pages
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James Finlay Weir Johnston

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James Finlay Weir Johnston, Paper, 'On the constitution of the resins, Part III. The resins of sandarack, of the pinus abies and of olibanum' by James F W [Finlay Weir] Johnston, 01 May 1839, PT/22/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_22_11/paper-on-the-constitution-of-the-resins-part-iii-the-resins-of-sandarack-of-the-pinus-abies-and-of-olibanum-by-james-f-w-finlay-weir-johnston, accessed on 11 July 2025

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