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Referee's report by William Odling, on a paper 'An experimental inquiry on the action of electricity on gases. - I. On the action of electricity on oxygen' by Benjamin Collins Brodie

Reference number: RR/7/156

Date: 10 October 1872

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The experiments 'are very numerous and exact' and the results are 'highly important'.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1872].

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RR/7/156
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10 October 1872
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Letter on paper
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3 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 'An experimental inquiry on the action of electricity on gases. - I. On the action of electricity on oxygen' by Benjamin Collins Brodie, 10 October 1872, RR/7/156, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_156/referees-report-by-william-odling-on-a-paper-an-experimental-inquiry-on-the-action-of-electricity-on-gases-i-on-the-action-of-electricity-on-oxygen-by-benjamin-collins-brodie, accessed on 19 July 2026

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