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Referee's report by George Howard Darwin, 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/10/225

Date: 26 February 1888

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests altering the paper to read more as a paper rather than as a letter.

Subject: Meteorology, Applied Sciences

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

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RR/10/225
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26 February 1888
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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George Howard Darwin

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George Howard Darwin, Referee's report by George Howard Darwin, 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, 26 February 1888, RR/10/225, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_225/referees-report-by-george-howard-darwin-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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