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Referee's report by James Dewar, on a paper 'Researches on chemical equivalence. Part IV and V' by Edmund James Mills

Reference number: RR/9/73

Date: 01 January 1882

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. If work of this kind continues to be produced, it will 'produce very baneful results on chemical researches in England' and it is 'sure to attract many imitators'.

Subject: Chemistry

[Not published].

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RR/9/73
Earliest possible date
01 January 1882
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Letter on paper and typed copy
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6 pages
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Manuscript
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James Dewar

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James Dewar, Referee's report by James Dewar, on a paper 'Researches on chemical equivalence. Part IV and V' by Edmund James Mills, 01 January 1882, RR/9/73, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_73/referees-report-by-james-dewar-on-a-paper-researches-on-chemical-equivalence-part-iv-and-v-by-edmund-james-mills, accessed on 17 January 2025

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