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Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the metallurgy of lead' by J H Hannay to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/11/267

Date: 14 April 1893

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He is communicating the paper to the Royal Society, as he believes it to be of much interest.

Subject: Physics

[Not published].

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RR/11/267
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14 April 1893
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Typescript

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George Gabriel Stokes

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George Gabriel Stokes, Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the metallurgy of lead' by J H Hannay to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 14 April 1893, RR/11/267, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_267/letter-from-george-gabriel-stokes-on-a-paper-on-the-metallurgy-of-lead-by-j-h-hannay-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 14 September 2024

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