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Letter from John Priestley, on his paper 'On the physiological action of vanadium' to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/7/461

Date: 21 March 1876

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Will edit the paper to suit some of the referee's recommendations.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1876].

Reference number
RR/7/461
Earliest possible date
21 March 1876
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from John Priestley, on his paper 'On the physiological action of vanadium' to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 21 March 1876, RR/7/461, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_461/letter-from-john-priestley-on-his-paper-on-the-physiological-action-of-vanadium-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 15 May 2026

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