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Paper, 'On the constitution of the resins, Part V' by James F W [Finlay Weir] Johnston

Reference number: PT/23/11

Date: 03 June 1840

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Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the constitution of the resins. Part V. By James F. W. Johnston, Esq., M. A., F. R. S., Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy in the University of Durham'.

Written by Johnston in Durham. Received by the Royal Society on 3 June 1840. Read 18 June 1840.

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/23/11
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03 June 1840
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48 pages
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Manuscript

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James Finlay Weir Johnston

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James Finlay Weir Johnston, Paper, 'On the constitution of the resins, Part V' by James F W [Finlay Weir] Johnston, 03 June 1840, PT/23/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_23_11/paper-on-the-constitution-of-the-resins-part-v-by-james-f-w-finlay-weir-johnston, accessed on 13 May 2025

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