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Referee's report by Joseph John Thomson, on a paper 'On the nature of electrocapillary phenomena.—I. Their relation to the potential differences between solutions' by Samuel Walter Johnson Smith

Reference number: RR/14/238

Date: 03 February 1899

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests adding an introduction including the Lippmann-Helmholtz theory. Suggests the author take note of a recent paper by Emil Gabriel Warburg.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 17 February 1899.

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RR/14/238
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03 February 1899
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Joseph John Thomson, Referee's report by Joseph John Thomson, on a paper 'On the nature of electrocapillary phenomena.—I. Their relation to the potential differences between solutions' by Samuel Walter Johnson Smith, 03 February 1899, RR/14/238, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_238/referees-report-by-joseph-john-thomson-on-a-paper-on-the-nature-of-electrocapillary-phenomenai-their-relation-to-the-potential-differences-between-solutions-by-samuel-walter-johnson-smith, accessed on 14 December 2024

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