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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is 'interesting and ingenious', but the results are rather far-fetched.

Subject: Chemistry

[Not published].

Reference number
RR/11/34
Earliest possible date
24 July 1891
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Henry Perkin

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William Henry Perkin, Referee's report by William Henry Perkin, on a paper 'Constitution of the terpenes camphors and camphor acid' by John Norman Collie, 24 July 1891, RR/11/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_34/referees-report-by-william-henry-perkin-on-a-paper-constitution-of-the-terpenes-camphors-and-camphor-acid-by-john-norman-collie, accessed on 10 November 2024

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