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Letter from William Edward Ayrton, to R W F Harrison, regarding a paper 'Thermal radiation in absolute measure' by James Thomson Bottomley and J C Beattie

Reference number: RR/14/117

Date: 12 February 1900

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The suggestions of the authors meet his criticisms. Noted to Arthur William Rucker that the units used appear to change between the tables, which he would look into.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on recto as received 31 January 1899.

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RR/14/117
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12 February 1900
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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William Edward Ayrton

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William Edward Ayrton, Letter from William Edward Ayrton, to R W F Harrison, regarding a paper 'Thermal radiation in absolute measure' by James Thomson Bottomley and J C Beattie, 12 February 1900, RR/14/117, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_117/letter-from-william-edward-ayrton-to-r-w-f-harrison-regarding-a-paper-thermal-radiation-in-absolute-measure-by-james-thomson-bottomley-and-j-c-beattie, accessed on 18 September 2024

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