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Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The latent heat of evaporation of water' by Ernest Howard Griffiths

Reference number: RR/12/321

Date: 21 February 1895

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests the author should take another look at the value of T, which is given differently in two places.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

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

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RR/12/321
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21 February 1895
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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George Carey Foster

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George Carey Foster, Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The latent heat of evaporation of water' by Ernest Howard Griffiths, 21 February 1895, RR/12/321, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_321/referees-report-by-george-carey-foster-on-a-paper-the-latent-heat-of-evaporation-of-water-by-ernest-howard-griffiths, accessed on 09 September 2024

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