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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An investigation on the chemical nature of wax. Part I'.

Written by Brodie at 13 Albert Road, Regent's Park [London]. Communicated by Sir Benjamin C [Collins] Brodie. Received by the Royal Society on 2 March 1848. Read 30 March 1848.

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 5, 1851.

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PT/34/9
Earliest possible date
23 February 1848
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Ink on paper
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39 pages
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Manuscript

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Benjamin Collins Brodie

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Benjamin Collins Brodie, Paper, 'An investigation on the chemical nature of wax. Part I' by B C [Benjamin Collins] Brodie, 23 February 1848, PT/34/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_34_9/paper-an-investigation-on-the-chemical-nature-of-wax-part-i-by-b-c-benjamin-collins-brodie, accessed on 20 April 2026

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