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Referee reports by Alexander William Williamson, on three papers 'On the isolation of the organo-metals, mercuric, stannic, and plumbic ethyls; and observations on some of their derivatives - Second memoir' by George Bowdler Buckton; 'Researches on organo-metallic bodies - Fourth memoir' by Edward Frankland; 'On the atomic weight of graphite' by Benjamin Collins Brodie

Reference number: RR/4/29

Date: 12 July 1859

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Recommends all three papers for publication in Philosophical Transactions. They are all 'valuable'.

Subject: Chemistry (all).

[All papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1859].

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RR/4/29
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12 July 1859
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Alexander William Williamson, Referee reports by Alexander William Williamson, on three papers 'On the isolation of the organo-metals, mercuric, stannic, and plumbic ethyls; and observations on some of their derivatives - Second memoir' by George Bowdler Buckton; 'Researches on organo-metallic bodies - Fourth memoir' by Edward Frankland; 'On the atomic weight of graphite' by Benjamin Collins Brodie, 12 July 1859, RR/4/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_29/referee-reports-by-alexander-william-williamson-on-three-papers-on-the-isolation-of-the-organo-metals-mercuric-stannic-and-plumbic-ethyls-and-observations-on-some-of-their-derivatives-second-memoir-by-george-bowdler-buckton-researches-on-organo-metallic-bodies-fourth-memoir-by-edward-frankland-on-the-atomic-weight-of-graphite-by-benjamin-collins-brodie, accessed on 03 December 2024

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