| Reference number | AP/23/18 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'Additional experiments on the fermentation of alkaline and earthy bodies by chemical action when carbonic acid is present' by Robert Rigg |
| Date | June 1839 |
| Description | Riggshares observations and results of several experiments in which sugar, water, and yeast were employed, and from which he concludes that alkaline and earthy matters are formed by chemical action. He concludes by offering suggestions towards extending the inquiry into the subject of the formation of bones of animals by the action of the powers inherent in their organization.
Subject: Organic chemistry
Received 20 June 1839. Read to the Royal Society on 20 June 1839.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 4 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'Additional experiments on the formation of alkaline and earthy bodies by chemical action when carbonic acid is present'. |
| Extent | 9p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0084 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA2868 | Rigg; Robert (1792 - 1861); chemist | 1792 - 1861 |