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Letter from William Chandler Roberts-Austen, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'On certain mechanical properties of metals considered in relation to the periodic law' by William Chandler Roberts-Austen

Reference number: RR/10/211

Date: 04 August 1888

Description

Remarks on points raised by Edward Frankland. The curves are now at a suitable scale for publication.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1888]

Reference number
RR/10/211
Earliest possible date
04 August 1888
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
6 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from William Chandler Roberts-Austen, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'On certain mechanical properties of metals considered in relation to the periodic law' by William Chandler Roberts-Austen, 04 August 1888, RR/10/211, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_211/letter-from-william-chandler-roberts-austen-to-john-william-strutt-3rd-baron-rayleigh-regarding-a-paper-on-certain-mechanical-properties-of-metals-considered-in-relation-to-the-periodic-law-by-william-chandler-roberts-austen, accessed on 18 June 2025

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