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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the specific gravity of alloys'.

Communicated by Prof [Charles] Wheatstone. Received by the Royal Society on 17 November 1859. Read 22 December 1859.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 10, 1860.

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PT/60/11
Earliest possible date
1859
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Ink on paper
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25 pages
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Manuscript

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Augustus Matthiessen

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Augustus Matthiessen, Paper, 'On the specific gravitys [sic] of alloys' by A [Augustus] Matthiessen, 1859, PT/60/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_60_11/paper-on-the-specific-gravitys-sic-of-alloys-by-a-augustus-matthiessen, accessed on 17 January 2025

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