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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The experiments are inferior to those of Roberts, Willis, Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Ewart and Volk.

Subject: Applied Sciences, Physics and Chemistry

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

Reference number
RR/1bis/40
Earliest possible date
23 August 1844
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Hallowes Miller

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William Hallowes Miller, Referee's report by William Hallowes Miller, on a paper 'An account of some experiments exhibiting new instances of the absorbing power of streams; with a few remarks on the pulsation of jets' by G Robinson, 23 August 1844, RR/1bis/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1bis_40/referees-report-by-william-hallowes-miller-on-a-paper-an-account-of-some-experiments-exhibiting-new-instances-of-the-absorbing-power-of-streams-with-a-few-remarks-on-the-pulsation-of-jets-by-g-robinson, accessed on 13 May 2025

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