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Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the chemical activity of nitrates' by Edmund James Mills to the author

Reference number: RR/7/114

Date: 21 February 1871

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Letter communicating the referee's opinions on his paper.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1869].

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RR/7/114
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21 February 1871
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Manuscript

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George Gabriel Stokes

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George Gabriel Stokes, Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the chemical activity of nitrates' by Edmund James Mills to the author, 21 February 1871, RR/7/114, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_114/letter-from-george-gabriel-stokes-on-a-paper-on-the-chemical-activity-of-nitrates-by-edmund-james-mills-to-the-author, accessed on 18 April 2026

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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