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Referee's report by August Wilhelm von Hofmann, on a paper 'On some of the products of the destructive distillation of boghead coal - Part II' by Charles Greville Williams

Reference number: RR/3/288

Date: 22 February 1858

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1857].

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RR/3/288
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22 February 1858
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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August Wilhelm von Hofmann

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August Wilhelm von Hofmann, Referee's report by August Wilhelm von Hofmann, on a paper 'On some of the products of the destructive distillation of boghead coal - Part II' by Charles Greville Williams, 22 February 1858, RR/3/288, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_288/referees-report-by-august-wilhelm-von-hofmann-on-a-paper-on-some-of-the-products-of-the-destructive-distillation-of-boghead-coal-part-ii-by-charles-greville-williams, accessed on 17 January 2025

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