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RefNoAP/52/9
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'On the chemical activity of nitrates' by Edmund J [James] Mills
Date1870
DescriptionIn the course of his researches upon nitro-compounds, Mills found it extremely desirable to submit the genetic relations of those bodies to a detailed examination; in other words, to trace the modifications undergone by nitryl as it is transmitted (from the chloride, hydrate, or free radical) through an adequate succession of combinations. One of the first steps in this direction is the preparation of nitrylic chloride, which can be most easily effected, according to a statement in Watts’s Dictionary of Chemistry, by the action of phosphoric oxychloride on plumbic nitrate— 3Pb (NO3)2 + 2PO Cl3 = Pb3 (PO4)2 + 6 NO2 CI.

Subject: Chemistry

Received 21 April 1870. Read 19 May 1870. Communicated by A W [Alexander William] Williamson.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 18 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the chemical activity of nitrates'.
Extent24p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1869.0078
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6434Mills; Edmund James (1840 - 1921)1840 - 1921
NA3754Williamson; Alexander William (1824 - 1904)1824 - 1904
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