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Referee's report by William Hallowes Miller, on a paper 'On the use of the barometric thermometer for the determination relative heights' by James Robert Christie

Reference number: RR/1bis/16

Date: 1846

Description

No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests that the observations relating to boiling point are important.

Subject: Physics

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

Reference number
RR/1bis/16
Earliest possible date
1846
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Hallowes Miller

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William Hallowes Miller, Referee's report by William Hallowes Miller, on a paper 'On the use of the barometric thermometer for the determination relative heights' by James Robert Christie, 1846, RR/1bis/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1bis_16/referees-report-by-william-hallowes-miller-on-a-paper-on-the-use-of-the-barometric-thermometer-for-the-determination-relative-heights-by-james-robert-christie, accessed on 11 September 2024

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