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Referee's report by William Ramsay, on a paper 'On the mechanical stretching of liquids: an experimental determination of the volume-extensibility of ethyl-alcohol' by Arthur Mason Worthington

Reference number: RR/11/225

Date: 10 March 1892

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The results of the experiment are 'accurate and neat'. Some small modifications should be made.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1892].

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RR/11/225
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10 March 1892
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Ramsay

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William Ramsay, Referee's report by William Ramsay, on a paper 'On the mechanical stretching of liquids: an experimental determination of the volume-extensibility of ethyl-alcohol' by Arthur Mason Worthington, 10 March 1892, RR/11/225, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_225/referees-report-by-william-ramsay-on-a-paper-on-the-mechanical-stretching-of-liquids-an-experimental-determination-of-the-volume-extensibility-of-ethyl-alcohol-by-arthur-mason-worthington, accessed on 11 October 2024

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