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Referee's report by Edward Frankland, on two papers 'On the photochemical researches, numbers one and two' by Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and Henry Enfield Roscoe and on 'On the hyrdrocarbons in boghead oil' by Greville Williams

Reference number: RR/3/35

Date: 4 May 1857

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In his report [not attached] he recommends both papers for Philosophical Transactions.

Subject(s): Chemistry

[Both parts of Bunsen and Roscoe published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1857].
[Williams published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1857].

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RR/3/35
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4 May 1857
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3 pages
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Edward Frankland

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Edward Frankland, Referee's report by Edward Frankland, on two papers 'On the photochemical researches, numbers one and two' by Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and Henry Enfield Roscoe and on 'On the hyrdrocarbons in boghead oil' by Greville Williams, 4 May 1857, RR/3/35, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_35/referees-report-by-edward-frankland-on-two-papers-on-the-photochemical-researches-numbers-one-and-two-by-robert-wilhelm-bunsen-and-henry-enfield-roscoe-and-on-on-the-hyrdrocarbons-in-boghead-oil-by-greville-williams, accessed on 12 December 2024

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