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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work by Trevelyan [?], Michael Faraday and James Forbes.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/2/250
Earliest possible date
09 February 1854
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Charles Wheatstone

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Charles Wheatstone, Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'On the vibrations and tones produced by the contact of bodies having different temperatures' by John Tyndall, 09 February 1854, RR/2/250, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_250/referees-report-by-charles-wheatstone-on-a-paper-on-the-vibrations-and-tones-produced-by-the-contact-of-bodies-having-different-temperatures-by-john-tyndall, accessed on 24 January 2025

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