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Referee's report by George Francis Fitzgerald, on a paper 'On the applications of the kinetic theory to dense gases' by Samuel Hawksley Burbury

Reference number: RR/12/284

Date: 01 June 1895

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Returns paper, along with another unnamed paper by Joseph Larmor, as ill health prevents his reporting on them.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1896]

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RR/12/284
Earliest possible date
01 June 1895
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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George Francis Fitzgerald

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George Francis Fitzgerald, Referee's report by George Francis Fitzgerald, on a paper 'On the applications of the kinetic theory to dense gases' by Samuel Hawksley Burbury, 01 June 1895, RR/12/284, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_284/referees-report-by-george-francis-fitzgerald-on-a-paper-on-the-applications-of-the-kinetic-theory-to-dense-gases-by-samuel-hawksley-burbury, accessed on 22 January 2025

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