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Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'The newtonian constant of gravitation as affected by temperature' by P E Shaw

Reference number: RR/22/99

Date: November 1915

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Sectional committee: Physics and chemistry

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, with modifications. The experiment is carried out with 'great care and experimental skill'.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1916].

Endorsed on verso as received 23 Novemeber 1915.

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RR/22/99
Earliest possible date
November 1915
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Standardised form (type D) and note on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Mitchinson Hicks

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William Mitchinson Hicks, Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'The newtonian constant of gravitation as affected by temperature' by P E Shaw, November 1915, RR/22/99, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_22_99/referees-report-by-william-mitchinson-hicks-on-a-paper-the-newtonian-constant-of-gravitation-as-affected-by-temperature-by-p-e-shaw, accessed on 15 January 2025

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