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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests changes to the nomenclature. The conclusions are controversial but essential.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/6/130
Earliest possible date
19 April 1866
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Allen Miller

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William Allen Miller, Referee's report by William Allen Miller, on a paper 'Researches on acids of the lactic series.—No. 1. Synthesis of acids of the lactic series' by Edward Frankland and Baldwin Francis Duppa, 19 April 1866, RR/6/130, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_130/referees-report-by-william-allen-miller-on-a-paper-researches-on-acids-of-the-lactic-seriesno-1-synthesis-of-acids-of-the-lactic-series-by-edward-frankland-and-baldwin-francis-duppa, accessed on 06 February 2025

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