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Referee's report by John Henry Poynting, on a paper 'On a quartz thread gravity balance' by Richard Threlfall and James Arthur Pollock

Reference number: RR/14/249

Date: 08 May 1899

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The apparatus is a distinct advance on its predecessors.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 9 May 1899.

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RR/14/249
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08 May 1899
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Standardised form (type A)
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Henry Poynting

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John Henry Poynting, Referee's report by John Henry Poynting, on a paper 'On a quartz thread gravity balance' by Richard Threlfall and James Arthur Pollock, 08 May 1899, RR/14/249, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_249/referees-report-by-john-henry-poynting-on-a-paper-on-a-quartz-thread-gravity-balance-by-richard-threlfall-and-james-arthur-pollock, accessed on 14 September 2024

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