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Letter from John H Grindley, regarding 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/14/171

Date: 04 October 1899

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Has endeavoured to make alterations to the paper, as recommended. Does not fully understand the request to alter the title of the paper. Refers to work by Gustave-Adolphe Hirn, and the differences between his work and the work of the current paper. Requests that part one not be omitted. Encloses some additional material.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on recto as received 9 October 1899.

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RR/14/171
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04 October 1899
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Letter from John H Grindley, regarding 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, 04 October 1899, RR/14/171, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_171/letter-from-john-h-grindley-regarding-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 19 January 2025

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