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Referee's report by Joseph John Thomson, on a paper 'The variation of molecular surface-energy with temperature' by William Ramsay and John Shields

Reference number: RR/12/20

Date: 28 April 1893

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society' as it stands. Suggests giving more information about the experimental method. Suggests conducting a second set of measurements and including the results, which would remove the referee's objection to publication.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1893]

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RR/12/20
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28 April 1893
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Joseph John Thomson

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Joseph John Thomson, Referee's report by Joseph John Thomson, on a paper 'The variation of molecular surface-energy with temperature' by William Ramsay and John Shields, 28 April 1893, RR/12/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_20/referees-report-by-joseph-john-thomson-on-a-paper-the-variation-of-molecular-surface-energy-with-temperature-by-william-ramsay-and-john-shields, accessed on 09 July 2025

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