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Referee's report by Henry Clifton Sorby, on a paper 'Researches into the colouring-matters of human urine, with an account of the separation of urobilin' by Charles Alexander MacMunn

Reference number: RR/8/232

Date: 17 March 1880

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The charts will not print well. The abstract already published in the Proceedings covers the paper well, but the full paper should also be published there.

Subject: Physiology, Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1881]

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RR/8/232
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17 March 1880
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Letter on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Clifton Sorby

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Henry Clifton Sorby, Referee's report by Henry Clifton Sorby, on a paper 'Researches into the colouring-matters of human urine, with an account of the separation of urobilin' by Charles Alexander MacMunn, 17 March 1880, RR/8/232, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_232/referees-report-by-henry-clifton-sorby-on-a-paper-researches-into-the-colouring-matters-of-human-urine-with-an-account-of-the-separation-of-urobilin-by-charles-alexander-macmunn, accessed on 21 January 2025

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