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Referee's report by William Crookes, on a paper 'Researches in the chemistry of selenic acid and other selenium compounds' by Charles A Cameron and John Macallan

Reference number: RR/10/249

Date: 14 May 1889

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, Albert Johan Petersson and Ekman [Vagn Walfrid Ekman?]. The results are 'numerous, novel and important'.

Subject: Physics ad Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1890]

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RR/10/249
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14 May 1889
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Typescript

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William Crookes

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William Crookes, Referee's report by William Crookes, on a paper 'Researches in the chemistry of selenic acid and other selenium compounds' by Charles A Cameron and John Macallan, 14 May 1889, RR/10/249, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_249/referees-report-by-william-crookes-on-a-paper-researches-in-the-chemistry-of-selenic-acid-and-other-selenium-compounds-by-charles-a-cameron-and-john-macallan, accessed on 14 December 2024

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