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Referee's report by William Gowland, on a paper 'A method of avoiding inaccuracy due to weight errors in fixing a gold coinage standard trial plate' by O Watkins

Reference number: RR/20/152

Date: February 1914

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Sectional committee: Physics and chemistry

Not recommended for publication in Proceedings, as it is of 'insufficient value'.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 3 February 1914.

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RR/20/152
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February 1914
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2 pages
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William Gowland

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William Gowland, Referee's report by William Gowland, on a paper 'A method of avoiding inaccuracy due to weight errors in fixing a gold coinage standard trial plate' by O Watkins, February 1914, RR/20/152, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_20_152/referees-report-by-william-gowland-on-a-paper-a-method-of-avoiding-inaccuracy-due-to-weight-errors-in-fixing-a-gold-coinage-standard-trial-plate-by-o-watkins, accessed on 20 January 2025

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