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Letter from William Augustus Tilden, on a paper 'Some physical properties of nitric acid solutions' by Victor Herbert Veley and J J Manley to Robert Frederick William Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/15/271

Date: 21 July 1901

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Sectional Committee: [Physics and chemistry]

He has no doubt the redrawing of the curves by the engraver would answer the purpose he had in view in his report. They really want to be smoothed out by the experienced hand of the professional draughtsman.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1901].

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RR/15/271
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21 July 1901
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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William Augustus Tilden

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William Augustus Tilden, Letter from William Augustus Tilden, on a paper 'Some physical properties of nitric acid solutions' by Victor Herbert Veley and J J Manley to Robert Frederick William Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, 21 July 1901, RR/15/271, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_15_271/letter-from-william-augustus-tilden-on-a-paper-some-physical-properties-of-nitric-acid-solutions-by-victor-herbert-veley-and-j-j-manley-to-robert-frederick-william-harrison-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 09 July 2025

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