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Referee's report by William Grylls Adams, 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/10/208

Date: 17 October 1888

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Recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, as this is more available and will be of use to other researchers.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

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

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RR/10/208
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17 October 1888
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Grylls Adams

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William Grylls Adams, Referee's report by William Grylls Adams, on a paper 'On evaporation and dissociation.—Part VIII. A study of the thermal properties of propyl alcohol' by William Ramsay and Sydney Young, 17 October 1888, RR/10/208, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_208/referees-report-by-william-grylls-adams-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 19 May 2025

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