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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work by James Forbes and Michael Faraday. Admits publishing such a controversial in the Philosophical Transactions may cause 'inconvenience'. Suggests paper could have also been published in another journal of science.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/2/251
Earliest possible date
15 February 1854
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Robert Grove

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William Robert Grove, Referee's report by William Robert Grove, on a paper 'On the vibrations and tones produced by the contact of bodies having different temperatures' by John Tyndall, 15 February 1854, RR/2/251, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_251/referees-report-by-william-robert-grove-on-a-paper-on-the-vibrations-and-tones-produced-by-the-contact-of-bodies-having-different-temperatures-by-john-tyndall, accessed on 12 February 2025

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