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Letter from H J Chaney, on his paper 'Re-determination of the mass of a cubic inch of distilled water' to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/11/31

Date: 24 February 1891

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Asks to be able to revise his paper, based on comments from the referees.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1892].

Reference number
RR/11/31
Earliest possible date
24 February 1891
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from H J Chaney, on his paper 'Re-determination of the mass of a cubic inch of distilled water' to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, Secretary of the Royal Society, 24 February 1891, RR/11/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_31/letter-from-h-j-chaney-on-his-paper-re-determination-of-the-mass-of-a-cubic-inch-of-distilled-water-to-john-william-strutt-lord-rayleigh-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 13 May 2025

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