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28 manuscript pages including three figures showing the structure of nitrates of fucusine and furfurine.

Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the oils produced by the action of sulphuric acid upon various classes of vegetables'.

Written by Stenhouse in Provan Place, Glasgow. Received by the Royal Society on 28 March 1850. Read 18 April 1850.

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.

Reference number
PT/38/9
Earliest possible date
25 March 1850
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
28 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Stenhouse

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John Stenhouse, Paper, 'On the oils produced by the action of sulphuric acid upon various classes of vegetables' by John Stenhouse, 25 March 1850, PT/38/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_38_9/paper-on-the-oils-produced-by-the-action-of-sulphuric-acid-upon-various-classes-of-vegetables-by-john-stenhouse, accessed on 09 March 2026

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    Dates: 1802 - 1865

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