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Not recommended for publication in its current state. It contains interesting and valuable details but he does not agree with the author's main point that he has discovered a new thermometer correction. The author does not apply this correction consistently throughout the paper The author should be made aware of his objections to the thermometer correction.

Subject: Physics

[Not published].

Reference number
RR/13/278
Earliest possible date
1897
Physical description
Report on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Arthur Schuster

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Arthur Schuster, Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'On the conditions which render absolute the readings of the mercurial thermometer absolute' by Sidney A Sworn, 1897, RR/13/278, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_278/referees-report-by-arthur-schuster-on-a-paper-on-the-conditions-which-render-absolute-the-readings-of-the-mercurial-thermometer-absolute-by-sidney-a-sworn, accessed on 03 November 2024

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