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Paper, 'Researches on a new class of alcohols' by [August] Wilm [Wilhelm von] Hofmann and Aug [Augustus] Cahours

Reference number: PT/58/13

Date: 1857

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Researches on a new class of alcohols'.

Received by the Royal Society on 15 May 1857. Read 18 June 1857.

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 8, 1857.

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PT/58/13
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1857
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43 pages
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Manuscript

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August Wilhelm von Hofmann

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August Wilhelm von Hofmann, Paper, 'Researches on a new class of alcohols' by [August] Wilm [Wilhelm von] Hofmann and Aug [Augustus] Cahours, 1857, PT/58/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_58_13/paper-researches-on-a-new-class-of-alcohols-by-august-wilm-wilhelm-von-hofmann-and-aug-augustus-cahours, accessed on 18 February 2025

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