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Referee's report by Alfred William Porter, on a paper 'Physico-chemical determinations at high pressures by optical methods' by Walter Wahl

Reference number: RR/19/141

Date: May 1912

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests adding a preparatory sentence, as otherwise the paper begins very abruptly. Suggests omitting some of the conclusions.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1913]

Endorsed on verso as received 11 May 1912.

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RR/19/141
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May 1912
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2 pages
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Alfred William Porter

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Alfred William Porter, Referee's report by Alfred William Porter, on a paper 'Physico-chemical determinations at high pressures by optical methods' by Walter Wahl, May 1912, RR/19/141, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_19_141/referees-report-by-alfred-william-porter-on-a-paper-physico-chemical-determinations-at-high-pressures-by-optical-methods-by-walter-wahl, accessed on 11 September 2024

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