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Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Experiments on the resistance of electrolytic cells' by Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey

Reference number: RR/10/293

Date: 13 July 1889

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Some of the details are new, but the general investigation does not advance the matter much.

Subject: Physics / Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1889]

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RR/10/293
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13 July 1889
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Letter on paper
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4 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 'Experiments on the resistance of electrolytic cells' by Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey, 13 July 1889, RR/10/293, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_293/referees-report-by-george-carey-foster-on-a-paper-experiments-on-the-resistance-of-electrolytic-cells-by-matthew-henry-phineas-riall-sankey, accessed on 20 January 2025

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