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Letter from James Prescott Joule, on a paper 'On the action of aqueous vapour in disturbing the atmosphere' by Thomas Hopkins

Reference number: RR/3/145

Date: 22 February 1858

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Commenting on a letter from Hopkins about his paper being refused by the Royal Society.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1856].

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RR/3/145
Earliest possible date
22 February 1858
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from James Prescott Joule, on a paper 'On the action of aqueous vapour in disturbing the atmosphere' by Thomas Hopkins, 22 February 1858, RR/3/145, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_145/letter-from-james-prescott-joule-on-a-paper-on-the-action-of-aqueous-vapour-in-disturbing-the-atmosphere-by-thomas-hopkins, accessed on 12 September 2024

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