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Referee's report by Alexander William Williamson, on a paper 'On putrefaction' by Frederick Crace Calvert

Reference number: RR/7/157

Date: 10 June 1872

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society 1862].

Reference number
RR/7/157
Earliest possible date
10 June 1872
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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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 'On putrefaction' by Frederick Crace Calvert, 10 June 1872, RR/7/157, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_157/referees-report-by-alexander-william-williamson-on-a-paper-on-putrefaction-by-frederick-crace-calvert, accessed on 10 June 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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