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Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On evaporation and dissociation.—Part VIII. A study of the thermal properties of propyl alcohol' by William Ramsay and Sydney Young

Reference number: RR/10/207

Date: 07 August 1888

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests adding further description of the experimental method.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1889]

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RR/10/207
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07 August 1888
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Letter on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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George Carey Foster, Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On evaporation and dissociation.—Part VIII. A study of the thermal properties of propyl alcohol' by William Ramsay and Sydney Young, 07 August 1888, RR/10/207, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_207/referees-report-by-george-carey-foster-on-a-paper-on-evaporation-and-dissociationpart-viii-a-study-of-the-thermal-properties-of-propyl-alcohol-by-william-ramsay-and-sydney-young, accessed on 17 June 2025

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