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Detailed referee's report by Thomas Preston, on a paper 'The thermal expansion of pure nickel and cobalt' by Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton

Reference number: RR/14/264

Date: 15 May 1899

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The instrument and method have already been described at great length by the author in the Philosophical Transactions. The obtained results would have been all that was required. The abstract should be published in the Proceedings. 'The value of the paper lies entirely in the accuracy of the coefficient of expansion obtained'.

Subject: Physics / Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

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RR/14/264
Earliest possible date
15 May 1899
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Preston

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Thomas Preston, Detailed referee's report by Thomas Preston, on a paper 'The thermal expansion of pure nickel and cobalt' by Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton, 15 May 1899, RR/14/264, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_264/detailed-referees-report-by-thomas-preston-on-a-paper-the-thermal-expansion-of-pure-nickel-and-cobalt-by-alfred-edwin-howard-tutton, accessed on 05 October 2024

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