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Referee's report by Arthur William Rucker, on a paper 'On the determination of freezing points' by John Allen Harker

Reference number: RR/13/36

Date: 11 July 1896

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Recommended for publication in Proceedings. The introductory part of the paper is too long and uses unnecessary elaborate quotations from other authors.The results found are not 'sufficiently numerous or important' to give it a place in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1896].

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RR/13/36
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11 July 1896
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Report on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur William Rücker

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Arthur William Rücker, Referee's report by Arthur William Rucker, on a paper 'On the determination of freezing points' by John Allen Harker, 11 July 1896, RR/13/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_36/referees-report-by-arthur-william-rucker-on-a-paper-on-the-determination-of-freezing-points-by-john-allen-harker, accessed on 12 December 2024

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