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Referee's report by William Ramsay, on paper 'The dependence of the Refractive Index of gases on temperature' by George Walker Walker

Reference number: RR/16/127

Date: March 1903

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions'. Notes two small spelling modifications. All the curves could be accommodated on one plate. If curves are not given, long tables read from the curves would be required. In general the paper is very clear and quite convincing. All necessary precautions appear to have been taken.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions A, 1903].

Endorsed on verso as received 11 March 1903.

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RR/16/127
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William Ramsay, Referee's report by William Ramsay, on paper 'The dependence of the Refractive Index of gases on temperature' by George Walker Walker, March 1903, RR/16/127, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_16_127/referees-report-by-william-ramsay-on-paper-the-dependence-of-the-refractive-index-of-gases-on-temperature-by-george-walker-walker, accessed on 25 June 2025

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