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Referee's report by Thomas Graham, on a paper 'On the application of the conversion of chlorates and nitrates into chlorides, and of chlorides into nitrates, to the determination of several equivalent numbers' by Frederick Penny

Reference number: RR/1/180

Date: 21 February 1839

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions and wishes for the Royal Society to encourage the author 'to continue his valuable labours in the same important line of inquiry'.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1839].

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RR/1/180
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21 February 1839
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Graham

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Thomas Graham, Referee's report by Thomas Graham, on a paper 'On the application of the conversion of chlorates and nitrates into chlorides, and of chlorides into nitrates, to the determination of several equivalent numbers' by Frederick Penny, 21 February 1839, RR/1/180, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_180/referees-report-by-thomas-graham-on-a-paper-on-the-application-of-the-conversion-of-chlorates-and-nitrates-into-chlorides-and-of-chlorides-into-nitrates-to-the-determination-of-several-equivalent-numbers-by-frederick-penny, accessed on 15 May 2026

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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