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Referee's report by James Henry Cotterill, on a paper 'An experimental investigation of the thermodynamical properties of superheated steam.— On the cooling of saturated steam by free expansion' by John H Grindley

Reference number: RR/14/168

Date: June 1899

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests omitting part one, which adds nothing new. Refers to work of William John Macquorn Rankine and Gustave-Adolphe Hirn. Suggests explaining the formulae further.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on recto as received 6 June 1899.

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RR/14/168
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June 1899
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Standardised form (type A) and letter on paper
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4 pages
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James Henry Cotterill, Referee's report by James Henry Cotterill, on a paper 'An experimental investigation of the thermodynamical properties of superheated steam.— On the cooling of saturated steam by free expansion' by John H Grindley, June 1899, RR/14/168, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_168/referees-report-by-james-henry-cotterill-on-a-paper-an-experimental-investigation-of-the-thermodynamical-properties-of-superheated-steam-on-the-cooling-of-saturated-steam-by-free-expansion-by-john-h-grindley, accessed on 14 January 2025

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