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Referee's report by Joseph John Thomson, on a paper 'Electrification of air, of vapour of water, and of other gases' by William Thomson, Magnus Maclean and Alexander Galt

Reference number: RR/13/204

Date: 01 November 1897

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Anything by Lord Kelvin is of interest, though the paper is 'higgeldy piggeldy' and without sequence.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1898].

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RR/13/204
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01 November 1897
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Report on paper
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3 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 'Electrification of air, of vapour of water, and of other gases' by William Thomson, Magnus Maclean and Alexander Galt, 01 November 1897, RR/13/204, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_204/referees-report-by-joseph-john-thomson-on-a-paper-electrification-of-air-of-vapour-of-water-and-of-other-gases-by-william-thomson-magnus-maclean-and-alexander-galt, accessed on 11 July 2025

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