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Sectional committee: Physics and chemistry

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, in full. The expressions 'vapour-tension' and 'tension' should be changed to 'pressure' and 'vapour-pressure'. All the illustrations should be reproduced.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1900].

Endorsed on verso as received 18 June 1900.

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RR/15/19
Earliest possible date
June 1900
Physical description
Standardised form (type A)
Page extent
2 pages
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Typescript
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William Ramsay

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William Ramsay, Referee's report by William Ramsay, on a paper 'Some new observations on the static diffusion of gases and liquids and their significance in certain natural processes occurring in plants' by Horace Tabberer Brown and F Escombe, June 1900, RR/15/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_15_19/referees-report-by-william-ramsay-on-a-paper-some-new-observations-on-the-static-diffusion-of-gases-and-liquids-and-their-significance-in-certain-natural-processes-occurring-in-plants-by-horace-tabberer-brown-and-f-escombe, accessed on 21 March 2025

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