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Referee's report by William Odling, on a paper 'The calculus of chemical operations being a method for the investigation, by means of symbols, of the laws of the distribution of weight in chemical change. — Part I. On the construction of chemical symbols' by Benjamin Collins Brodie

Reference number: RR/6/30

Date: 23 October 1866

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Part of the paper has already appeared in the Proceedings. The paper is of great importance, no matter the opinions on its conclusions.

Subject: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/6/30
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23 October 1866
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Letter on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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William Odling

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William Odling, Referee's report by William Odling, on a paper 'The calculus of chemical operations being a method for the investigation, by means of symbols, of the laws of the distribution of weight in chemical change. — Part I. On the construction of chemical symbols' by Benjamin Collins Brodie, 23 October 1866, RR/6/30, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_30/referees-report-by-william-odling-on-a-paper-the-calculus-of-chemical-operations-being-a-method-for-the-investigation-by-means-of-symbols-of-the-laws-of-the-distribution-of-weight-in-chemical-change-part-i-on-the-construction-of-chemical-symbols-by-benjamin-collins-brodie, accessed on 27 April 2025

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