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Referee's report by Edward Frankland, on a paper 'On the detection of organic and other nitrogenized matter existing in the atmosphere' by Alfred Hutchinson Smee

Reference number: RR/7/210

Date: 22 October 1872

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as the abstract already in the Proceedings is 'sufficient'.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1871].

Reference number
RR/7/210
Earliest possible date
22 October 1872
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Edward Frankland

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Edward Frankland, Referee's report by Edward Frankland, on a paper 'On the detection of organic and other nitrogenized matter existing in the atmosphere' by Alfred Hutchinson Smee, 22 October 1872, RR/7/210, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_210/referees-report-by-edward-frankland-on-a-paper-on-the-detection-of-organic-and-other-nitrogenized-matter-existing-in-the-atmosphere-by-alfred-hutchinson-smee, accessed on 13 January 2026

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