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Referee's report by Alexander William Williamson, on a paper 'On the combined action of heat and pressure upon the paraffins' by Thomas Edward Thorpe and John Young

Reference number: RR/7/213

Date: 02 November 1872

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It gives a 'very clear and satisfactory account'.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1872].

Reference number
RR/7/213
Earliest possible date
02 November 1872
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
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 the combined action of heat and pressure upon the paraffins' by Thomas Edward Thorpe and John Young, 02 November 1872, RR/7/213, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_213/referees-report-by-alexander-william-williamson-on-a-paper-on-the-combined-action-of-heat-and-pressure-upon-the-paraffins-by-thomas-edward-thorpe-and-john-young, accessed on 19 August 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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