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Referee's report by William Hallowes Miller, on a paper 'Essays on hygrometry and barometry' by Shortrede

Reference number: RR/1bis/47

Date: 13 May 1848

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No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The instruments are of a crude construction, and the results have been superceded by others. Refers to work of Anzberger [?], Kamtz [?], John Dalton, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Magnus [?].

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

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

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RR/1bis/47
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13 May 1848
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Letter on paper
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10 pages
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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 'Essays on hygrometry and barometry' by Shortrede, 13 May 1848, RR/1bis/47, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1bis_47/referees-report-by-william-hallowes-miller-on-a-paper-essays-on-hygrometry-and-barometry-by-shortrede, accessed on 17 March 2026

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