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Referee's report by Lyon Playfair, on a paper 'On the sources of the nitrogen of vegetation; with special reference to the question whether plants assimilate free or uncombined nitrogen' by John Bennet Lawes, Joseph Henry Gilbert and Evan Pugh

Reference number: RR/4/152

Date: 25 January 1859

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, although it should be condensed.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1861].

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RR/4/152
Earliest possible date
25 January 1859
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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 the sources of the nitrogen of vegetation; with special reference to the question whether plants assimilate free or uncombined nitrogen' by John Bennet Lawes, Joseph Henry Gilbert and Evan Pugh, 25 January 1859, RR/4/152, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_152/referees-report-by-lyon-playfair-on-a-paper-on-the-sources-of-the-nitrogen-of-vegetation-with-special-reference-to-the-question-whether-plants-assimilate-free-or-uncombined-nitrogen-by-john-bennet-lawes-joseph-henry-gilbert-and-evan-pugh, accessed on 15 January 2025

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