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Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin on a paper 'A new portable miner's safety-lamp, with hydrogen attachment for delicate gas-testing; with exact measurements of flame-cap indications furnished by this and other testing lamps' by Frank Clowes

Reference number: RR/11/240

Date: 25 January 1893

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Recommended for publication in Proceedings. It is of 'great practical importance'.

Subject: Engineering

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1892].

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RR/11/240
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25 January 1893
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Thomson

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William Thomson, Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin on a paper 'A new portable miner's safety-lamp, with hydrogen attachment for delicate gas-testing; with exact measurements of flame-cap indications furnished by this and other testing lamps' by Frank Clowes, 25 January 1893, RR/11/240, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_240/referees-report-by-william-thomson-lord-kelvin-on-a-paper-a-new-portable-miners-safety-lamp-with-hydrogen-attachment-for-delicate-gas-testing-with-exact-measurements-of-flame-cap-indications-furnished-by-this-and-other-testing-lamps-by-frank-clowes, accessed on 16 June 2025

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