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Referee's report by Lyon Playfair on a paper 'On some new ethyl-compounds containing the alkalimetals' by James Alfred Wanklyn

Reference number: RR/3/277

Date: 06 October 1858

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is the first part of a large enquiry, which should be published when it is fully completed.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1857].

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RR/3/277
Earliest possible date
06 October 1858
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Lyon Playfair

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Lyon Playfair, Referee's report by Lyon Playfair on a paper 'On some new ethyl-compounds containing the alkalimetals' by James Alfred Wanklyn, 06 October 1858, RR/3/277, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_277/referees-report-by-lyon-playfair-on-a-paper-on-some-new-ethyl-compounds-containing-the-alkalimetals-by-james-alfred-wanklyn, accessed on 23 March 2025

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