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Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the thermal effects of compressing fluids' by James Prescott Joule

Reference number: RR/3/159

Date: 27 December 1857

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as it contains important results.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1859].

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RR/3/159
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27 December 1857
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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George Gabriel Stokes

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George Gabriel Stokes, Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the thermal effects of compressing fluids' by James Prescott Joule, 27 December 1857, RR/3/159, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_159/referees-report-by-george-gabriel-stokes-on-a-paper-on-the-thermal-effects-of-compressing-fluids-by-james-prescott-joule, accessed on 17 July 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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