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Letter from Charles Vernon Boys, to Arthur Schuster, regarding a paper 'A standard measuring machine' by P E Shaw

Reference number: RR/19/124

Date: 23 July 1912

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Sectional Committee: Not stated [Physics and Chemistry]

Returns to minutes relating to the paper by P E Shaw. Has felt that the invention of new apparatus was suitable for publication in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. The current paper is not comparable to Charles-Nicolas Peaucellier's cell. Doubts if there is enough 'vitality' for inclusion in the Transactions, but as the other referees are not necessarily of the same opinion, is happy to aquiesce. Does not agree with Henry Reginald Arnulph Mallock as regards the results.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1912]

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RR/19/124
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23 July 1912
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Vernon Boys

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Charles Vernon Boys, Letter from Charles Vernon Boys, to Arthur Schuster, regarding a paper 'A standard measuring machine' by P E Shaw, 23 July 1912, RR/19/124, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_19_124/letter-from-charles-vernon-boys-to-arthur-schuster-regarding-a-paper-a-standard-measuring-machine-by-p-e-shaw, accessed on 20 March 2025

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