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Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the logarithmic law of atomic weights' by George Johnstone Stoney

Reference number: RR/10/226

Date: 24 July 1888

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Mendelejiff [Dmitri Mendeleev] and Edmund James Mills. Gives a thorough mathematical criticism, and concludes that the author has not provided conclusive evidence to support their theories.

Subject: Mathematics, Physics

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1888]

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RR/10/226
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24 July 1888
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Letter on paper
Page extent
13 pages
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Manuscript

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George Carey Foster

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George Carey Foster, Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the logarithmic law of atomic weights' by George Johnstone Stoney, 24 July 1888, RR/10/226, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_226/referees-report-by-george-carey-foster-on-a-paper-on-the-logarithmic-law-of-atomic-weights-by-george-johnstone-stoney, accessed on 13 January 2025

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