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Committee report, on a paper 'A comparison of platinum and gas thermometers, including a determination of the boiling-point of sulphur on the nitrogen scale. An account of experiments made in the laboratory of the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures Sèvres' by John Allen Harker and Pierre Chappuis

Reference number: RR/14/178

Date: 19 July 1899

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Encloses reports. Arthur William Rucker believes the paper can be published under Standing Order 43.

Note dated 21 July 1899, from George Carey Foster, approves publication.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/14/178
Earliest possible date
19 July 1899
Physical description
Standardised form (type B)
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Committee report, on a paper 'A comparison of platinum and gas thermometers, including a determination of the boiling-point of sulphur on the nitrogen scale. An account of experiments made in the laboratory of the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures Sèvres' by John Allen Harker and Pierre Chappuis, 19 July 1899, RR/14/178, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_178/committee-report-on-a-paper-a-comparison-of-platinum-and-gas-thermometers-including-a-determination-of-the-boiling-point-of-sulphur-on-the-nitrogen-scale-an-account-of-experiments-made-in-the-laboratory-of-the-bureau-international-des-poids-et-mesures-sèvres-by-john-allen-harker-and-pierre-chappuis, accessed on 13 February 2025

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