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Referee's report by William Hopkins, on a paper 'On the thermal effects of fluids in motion - Part II' by William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin and James Prescott Joule

Reference number: RR/2/238

Date: 17 October 1854

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to a recent publication in the Philosophical Transactions by James Prescott Joule.

Subject: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/2/238
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17 October 1854
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Letter on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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William Hopkins, Referee's report by William Hopkins, on a paper 'On the thermal effects of fluids in motion - Part II' by William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin and James Prescott Joule, 17 October 1854, RR/2/238, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_238/referees-report-by-william-hopkins-on-a-paper-on-the-thermal-effects-of-fluids-in-motion-part-ii-by-william-thomson-1st-baron-kelvin-and-james-prescott-joule, accessed on 23 March 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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