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Referee's report by William Hallowes Miller, on a paper 'On the electric-conducting power of the metals' by Augustus Matthiessen

Reference number: RR/3/195

Date: 1857

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Does not state whether the paper is suitable for publication. Various elements of the paper are 'obscure'.

Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1857].

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RR/3/195
Earliest possible date
1857
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Hallowes Miller

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William Hallowes Miller, Referee's report by William Hallowes Miller, on a paper 'On the electric-conducting power of the metals' by Augustus Matthiessen, 1857, RR/3/195, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_195/referees-report-by-william-hallowes-miller-on-a-paper-on-the-electric-conducting-power-of-the-metals-by-augustus-matthiessen, accessed on 23 May 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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