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Referee's report by Herbert McLeod, on the Bakerian Lecture 'On the dissociation of some gases by the electric discharge' by Joseph John Thomson

Reference number: RR/10/96

Date: 24 June 1887

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Recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Hopes a more experienced opinion can be found. Encloses formal report dated 29 June 1887.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1887]

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RR/10/96
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24 June 1887
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Letter on paper
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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Herbert McLeod

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Herbert McLeod, Referee's report by Herbert McLeod, on the Bakerian Lecture 'On the dissociation of some gases by the electric discharge' by Joseph John Thomson, 24 June 1887, RR/10/96, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_96/referees-report-by-herbert-mcleod-on-the-bakerian-lecture-on-the-dissociation-of-some-gases-by-the-electric-discharge-by-joseph-john-thomson, accessed on 21 January 2025

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