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Referee's report by Richard Strachey, on a paper 'Report on hygrometric methods; first part, including the saturation method and the chemical method, and dew-point instruments' by William Napier Shaw

Reference number: RR/10/224

Date: 23 February 1888

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The Meteorological Council have recommended publication by the Royal Society. The introductory part addressed to Robert Scott could be revised.

Subject: Meteorology, Applied Sciences

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

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RR/10/224
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23 February 1888
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Richard Strachey

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Richard Strachey, Referee's report by Richard Strachey, on a paper 'Report on hygrometric methods; first part, including the saturation method and the chemical method, and dew-point instruments' by William Napier Shaw, 23 February 1888, RR/10/224, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_224/referees-report-by-richard-strachey-on-a-paper-report-on-hygrometric-methods-first-part-including-the-saturation-method-and-the-chemical-method-and-dew-point-instruments-by-william-napier-shaw, accessed on 13 October 2024

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