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Referee's report by William James Russell, on a paper 'The determination of organic matter in air' by Thomas Carnelley and William Mackie

Reference number: RR/9/332

Date: 04 October 1886

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.The paper consists of a 'large, interesting and apparently well selected series of experiments'.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1886].

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RR/9/332
Earliest possible date
04 October 1886
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Report on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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William James Russell

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William James Russell, Referee's report by William James Russell, on a paper 'The determination of organic matter in air' by Thomas Carnelley and William Mackie, 04 October 1886, RR/9/332, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_332/referees-report-by-william-james-russell-on-a-paper-the-determination-of-organic-matter-in-air-by-thomas-carnelley-and-william-mackie, accessed on 17 January 2025

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