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Referee's report by James Walker, on a paper 'The heats of formation of ions in aqueous solutions' by William Robert Bousfield

Reference number: RR/17/130

Date: 21 January 1907

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests the author be allowed to withdraw the paper. Provides extracts from textbooks showing the author's results are already well known. Considers the author to be 'unacquainted with the literature'. Refers to work by Hess [Germain Henri Hess?].

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 31 January 1907.

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RR/17/130
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21 January 1907
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Standardised form (type C) and letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript and typescript

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James Walker, Referee's report by James Walker, on a paper 'The heats of formation of ions in aqueous solutions' by William Robert Bousfield, 21 January 1907, RR/17/130, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_130/referees-report-by-james-walker-on-a-paper-the-heats-of-formation-of-ions-in-aqueous-solutions-by-william-robert-bousfield, accessed on 05 October 2024

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