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Paper, 'On larixinic acid, a crystallizable volatile principle found in the bark of the larch tree (Pinus Larix, linn.)' by John Stenhouse

Reference number: PT/64/3

Date: 10 July 1861

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15 manuscript pages and two plates showing crystals of larixinic acid.

Subject: Chemistry / Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On larixinic acid, a crystallizable volatile principle found in the bark of the larch tree (Pinus Larix, Linn.)'.

Written by Stenhouse at 17 Rodney Street [London]. Received by the Royal Society on 10 July 1861. Read 21 November 1861.

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 11, 1862.

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PT/64/3
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10 July 1861
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Ink on paper
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17 pages
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Manuscript

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John Stenhouse

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John Stenhouse, Paper, 'On larixinic acid, a crystallizable volatile principle found in the bark of the larch tree (Pinus Larix, linn.)' by John Stenhouse, 10 July 1861, PT/64/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_64_3/paper-on-larixinic-acid-a-crystallizable-volatile-principle-found-in-the-bark-of-the-larch-tree-pinus-larix-linn-by-john-stenhouse, accessed on 14 December 2024

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    Dates: 1802-1865

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