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Paper, 'On the chemical nature of wax. Part III' by B C [Benjamin Collins] Brodie

Reference number: PT/35/6

Date: 1848

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Subject: Chemistry

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

Communicated by Sir Benj C [Benjamin Collins] Brodie. Received by the Royal Society on 11 May 1848. Read 23 November 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/35/6
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1848
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57 pages
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Benjamin Collins Brodie, Paper, 'On the chemical nature of wax. Part III' by B C [Benjamin Collins] Brodie, 1848, PT/35/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_35_6/paper-on-the-chemical-nature-of-wax-part-iii-by-b-c-benjamin-collins-brodie, accessed on 21 April 2025

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