Record

RefNoROR/2/1/14
AltRefNoB.95-B.139
LevelSubSeries
TitlePapers relating to the origins of petroleum
Date1960-1971
DescriptionRobert Robinson's research files, containing papers and correspondence relating to his last reasearch into the origins of petrolium. It includes partial drafts and notes for lectures and papers he presented on the subject, for the Royal Institution, a Lockwood Lecture, and letters to 'Nature', among other publications and conferences.

It also contains correspondence with P E Kolattukudy and R H Jaeger relating to nonacosan-15-one, and correspondence with P C Sylvester-Bradley about a potential book collaboration on the subject.
Extent45 folders
AccessStatusOpen
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