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Referee's report by Edward Mourrier Boxer, on a paper 'On the nature of the action of fired gunpowder' by Lynall Thomas

Reference number: RR/3/260

Date: 21 December 1858

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. There are 'erroneous' calculations in the paper and the conclusion that the author comes to is not a 'legitimate deduction'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1857].

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RR/3/260
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21 December 1858
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Mourrier Boxer

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Edward Mourrier Boxer, Referee's report by Edward Mourrier Boxer, on a paper 'On the nature of the action of fired gunpowder' by Lynall Thomas, 21 December 1858, RR/3/260, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_260/referees-report-by-edward-mourrier-boxer-on-a-paper-on-the-nature-of-the-action-of-fired-gunpowder-by-lynall-thomas, accessed on 13 October 2024

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