Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

Description

Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The determinations and results are valuable. The paper does not have the finish of a Philosophical Transactions paper. If the abstract has not yet appeared in the Proceedings, suggests some of the figures be added to it for printing.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1895]

Reference number
RR/12/114
Earliest possible date
16 July 1894
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

George Carey Foster

View page for George Carey Foster

Use this record

Citation

George Carey Foster, Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On a method of determining the thermal conductivity of metals, with applications to copper, silver, gold, and platinum' by James H Gray, 16 July 1894, RR/12/114, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_114/referees-report-by-george-carey-foster-on-a-paper-on-a-method-of-determining-the-thermal-conductivity-of-metals-with-applications-to-copper-silver-gold-and-platinum-by-james-h-gray, accessed on 26 April 2025

Link to this record

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/rr_12_114/referees-report-by-george-carey-foster-on-a-paper-on-a-method-of-determining-the-thermal-conductivity-of-metals-with-applications-to-copper-silver-gold-and-platinum-by-james-h-gray" title="Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On a method of determining the thermal conductivity of metals, with applications to copper, silver, gold, and platinum' by James H Gray" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Referee Reports

    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

    View collection