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Letter from Robert Rigg, on his paper 'A statement of experiments showing that carbon and nitrogen are compound bodies, and are made by plants during their growth' to the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/1/202

Date: 01 June 1843

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Letter from the author, providing extra information about the subject of his paper.

Subject: Biology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1837].

Reference number
RR/1/202
Earliest possible date
01 June 1843
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from Robert Rigg, on his paper 'A statement of experiments showing that carbon and nitrogen are compound bodies, and are made by plants during their growth' to the Royal Society, 01 June 1843, RR/1/202, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_202/letter-from-robert-rigg-on-his-paper-a-statement-of-experiments-showing-that-carbon-and-nitrogen-are-compound-bodies-and-are-made-by-plants-during-their-growth-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 20 September 2024

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