| Reference number | AP/28/23/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished manuscript, 'On the decomposition and analysis of the compounds of ammonia and cyanogen' by Robert Smith |
| Date | 24 November 1845 |
| Description | Smith's paper is divided into four sections: decomposition and estimation of ammonia and its compounds, decomposition and estimation of hydrocyanic acid and its compounds, decomposition of uric acid and analysis of urine, and the mechanical arrangements. Includes one diagram in the text of Smith's experimental apparatus. Marked on front as 'Archives 7 May 1846 S H C [Samuel Hunter Christie]'. Annotations in pencil throughout.
Subject: Chemistry
Received 26 November 1845. Communicated by W H [William Henry] Smyth.
Written by Smith in Manchester [England].
An abstract of the paper was published in volume 5 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'On the decomposition and analysis of the compounds of ammonia and cyanogen'. |
| Extent | 31p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA5062 | Smyth; William Henry (1788 - 1865) | 1788 - 1865 |
| NA6043 | Smith; Robert Angus (1817 - 1884) | 1817 - 1884 |