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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Contributions to the chemical history of Archil and of Litmus'.

Written by Kane at the Royal Dublin Society. Communicated by Francis Baily. Received by the Royal Society on 30 April 1840. Read 4 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/23/7
Earliest possible date
21 April 1840
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Ink on paper
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111 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert John Kane

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Robert John Kane, Paper, 'Contributions to the chemical history of archil [orchil] and litmus' by Robert Kane, 21 April 1840, PT/23/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_23_7/paper-contributions-to-the-chemical-history-of-archil-orchil-and-litmus-by-robert-kane, accessed on 16 February 2025

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