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Referee's report by William Crookes, on a paper 'Constants of explosion of cordite and of modified cordite' by Robert Robertson

Reference number: RR/17/84

Date: 24 March 1906

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Paper replicates earlier work of Andrew Noble [RR/17/73; RR/17/74].

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

Endorsed on verso as received 27 March 1906.

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RR/17/84
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24 March 1906
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Standardised form (type C) and letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript
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William Crookes

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William Crookes, Referee's report by William Crookes, on a paper 'Constants of explosion of cordite and of modified cordite' by Robert Robertson, 24 March 1906, RR/17/84, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_84/referees-report-by-william-crookes-on-a-paper-constants-of-explosion-of-cordite-and-of-modified-cordite-by-robert-robertson, accessed on 27 April 2025

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