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Letter from Joseph Henry Gilbert, on a paper 'Experiments on food; its destination and uses' by William Scovell Savory to The Royal Society

Reference number: RR/4/233

Date: 11 July 1862

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Refers to his previous referee report on the paper. Re-instates that he thinks the paper should be published in Philosophical Transactions but wants to draw attention to two points which he feels are open to comment.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1862].

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RR/4/233
Earliest possible date
11 July 1862
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Joseph Henry Gilbert

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Joseph Henry Gilbert, Letter from Joseph Henry Gilbert, on a paper 'Experiments on food; its destination and uses' by William Scovell Savory to The Royal Society, 11 July 1862, RR/4/233, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_233/letter-from-joseph-henry-gilbert-on-a-paper-experiments-on-food-its-destination-and-uses-by-william-scovell-savory-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 10 October 2024

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