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Referee's report by Baden Powell, on a paper 'On the physics of media that are composed of free and perfectly elastic molecules in a state of motion' by John James Waterston

Reference number: RR/1/77

Date: 1846

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

[This paper was eventually published in 1892, almost fifty years after these reports were made. The reason for this long delay is given in the abstract of the published paper - 'Most unfortunately the abstract printed at the time gave no adequate idea of the scope of the memoir, and still less of the nature of the results arrived at'].

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1892].

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RR/1/77
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1846
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Baden Powell, Referee's report by Baden Powell, on a paper 'On the physics of media that are composed of free and perfectly elastic molecules in a state of motion' by John James Waterston, 1846, RR/1/77, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_77/referees-report-by-baden-powell-on-a-paper-on-the-physics-of-media-that-are-composed-of-free-and-perfectly-elastic-molecules-in-a-state-of-motion-by-john-james-waterston, accessed on 14 July 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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