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Referee's report by Alexander William Williamson, on a paper 'Researches into the chemical constitution of narcotine, and of its products of decomposition.—Part I' by Augustus Matthiessen and George Carey Foster

Reference number: RR/5/147

Date: 13 June 1863

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests a correction for a chemical formula.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1863]

Reference number
RR/5/147
Earliest possible date
13 June 1863
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Alexander William Williamson

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Alexander William Williamson, Referee's report by Alexander William Williamson, on a paper 'Researches into the chemical constitution of narcotine, and of its products of decomposition.—Part I' by Augustus Matthiessen and George Carey Foster, 13 June 1863, RR/5/147, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_147/referees-report-by-alexander-william-williamson-on-a-paper-researches-into-the-chemical-constitution-of-narcotine-and-of-its-products-of-decompositionpart-i-by-augustus-matthiessen-and-george-carey-foster, accessed on 17 March 2025

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