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Referee's report by Michael Faraday, on a paper 'Experiments on the gas voltaic battery, with a view of ascertaining the rationale of its action, and on its application to eudiometry' by William Robert Grove

Reference number: RR/1bis/24

Date: 29 May 1843

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper could have been shorter in parts.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

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

Reference number
RR/1bis/24
Earliest possible date
29 May 1843
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Michael Faraday

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Michael Faraday, Referee's report by Michael Faraday, on a paper 'Experiments on the gas voltaic battery, with a view of ascertaining the rationale of its action, and on its application to eudiometry' by William Robert Grove, 29 May 1843, RR/1bis/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1bis_24/referees-report-by-michael-faraday-on-a-paper-experiments-on-the-gas-voltaic-battery-with-a-view-of-ascertaining-the-rationale-of-its-action-and-on-its-application-to-eudiometry-by-william-robert-grove, accessed on 13 November 2024

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