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Letter from H J Chaney, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'Re-determination of the mass of a cubic inch of distilled water' by H J Chaney

Reference number: RR/10/336

Date: 23 December 1890

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Responds to the comments about the method. Refers to work of William Hallowes Miller.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1892]

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RR/10/336
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23 December 1890
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Letter on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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John William Strutt

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John William Strutt, Letter from H J Chaney, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'Re-determination of the mass of a cubic inch of distilled water' by H J Chaney, 23 December 1890, RR/10/336, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_336/letter-from-h-j-chaney-to-john-william-strutt-3rd-baron-rayleigh-regarding-a-paper-re-determination-of-the-mass-of-a-cubic-inch-of-distilled-water-by-h-j-chaney, accessed on 08 December 2025

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