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Referee's report by William Robert Grove, on a paper 'Researches into the identity of the existences or forces, light, heat, electricity and magnetism' by John Goodman

Reference number: RR/2/74

Date: October 1851

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The experiments are 'far too crude'. Points out the ways in which the experiments could be affected by other factors.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

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RR/2/74
Earliest possible date
October 1851
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Robert Grove

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William Robert Grove, Referee's report by William Robert Grove, on a paper 'Researches into the identity of the existences or forces, light, heat, electricity and magnetism' by John Goodman, October 1851, RR/2/74, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_74/referees-report-by-william-robert-grove-on-a-paper-researches-into-the-identity-of-the-existences-or-forces-light-heat-electricity-and-magnetism-by-john-goodman, accessed on 14 December 2024

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