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Referee's report by William Grylls Adams, on a paper 'The thermal emissivity of thin wires in air' by William Edward Ayrton and H Kilgour

Reference number: RR/11/7

Date: 06 October 1891

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The experiments have been made with great care and 'time has been taken to eliminate the effects of probable sources of error'.

Subject: Physics/Engineering

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1892].

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RR/11/7
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06 October 1891
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Grylls Adams

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William Grylls Adams, Referee's report by William Grylls Adams, on a paper 'The thermal emissivity of thin wires in air' by William Edward Ayrton and H Kilgour, 06 October 1891, RR/11/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_7/referees-report-by-william-grylls-adams-on-a-paper-the-thermal-emissivity-of-thin-wires-in-air-by-william-edward-ayrton-and-h-kilgour, accessed on 13 September 2024

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