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Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'On molecular influences.—Part I. Transmission of heat through organic structures' by John Tyndall

Reference number: RR/2/247

Date: 15 June 1852

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work by Laummout [?], to whom the author should also give reference. Refers to work into heat and crystals by George Gabriel Stokes. Sugests omitting the firat seven pages of 'preamble'.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/2/247
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15 June 1852
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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William Thomson, Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'On molecular influences.—Part I. Transmission of heat through organic structures' by John Tyndall, 15 June 1852, RR/2/247, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_247/referees-report-by-william-thomson-lord-kelvin-on-a-paper-on-molecular-influencespart-i-transmission-of-heat-through-organic-structures-by-john-tyndall, accessed on 02 December 2024

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