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Referee's report by William Benjamin Carpenter, 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/4/153

Date: 16 August 1860

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1861].

Reference number
RR/4/153
Earliest possible date
16 August 1860
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Benjamin Carpenter

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William Benjamin Carpenter, Referee's report by William Benjamin Carpenter, 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, 16 August 1860, RR/4/153, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_153/referees-report-by-william-benjamin-carpenter-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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