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Referee's report by Arthur William Rucker, on a paper 'Floatation of solid bodies in liquid of less density than the solids' by Hennessy

Reference number: RR/11/282

Date: 22 March 1893

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Not recommended for publication. The experiments are not described in sufficient enough detail and no phenomenon is described which could not be explained by well known examples.

Subject: Physics

[Not published].

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RR/11/282
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22 March 1893
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Report on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur William Rücker

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Arthur William Rücker, Referee's report by Arthur William Rucker, on a paper 'Floatation of solid bodies in liquid of less density than the solids' by Hennessy, 22 March 1893, RR/11/282, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_282/referees-report-by-arthur-william-rucker-on-a-paper-floatation-of-solid-bodies-in-liquid-of-less-density-than-the-solids-by-hennessy, accessed on 24 January 2026

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