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Letter from Charles Chree, regarding a paper 'Investigations on platinum thermometry at Kew Observatory' by Charles Chree

Reference number: RR/14/134

Date: 12 March 1900

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Gives detailed response to the criticisms of the referees. Clarifies some of the terms used. Discusses the methodology and apparatus. Refers to work of Ernest Howard Griffiths, William Napier Shaw, Charles Thomas Heycock, Francis Henry Neville, Hugh Longbourne Callendar and Waidner [?]. Provides a modified version of the table.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

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

Endorsed on recto as received 29 January 1900.

Reference number
RR/14/134
Earliest possible date
12 March 1900
Physical description
Letter on paper
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20 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from Charles Chree, regarding a paper 'Investigations on platinum thermometry at Kew Observatory' by Charles Chree, 12 March 1900, RR/14/134, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_134/letter-from-charles-chree-regarding-a-paper-investigations-on-platinum-thermometry-at-kew-observatory-by-charles-chree, accessed on 11 December 2024

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