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Referee's report by William Henry Barlow, on a paper 'A system of train-signalling, by which also disabled trains may telegraph for assistance without the aid of portable apparatus' by Charles Vincent Walker

Reference number: RR/3/273

Date: 9 July 1857

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Is more suited for publication in a practical-based publication.

Subject: Engineering

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

Reference number
RR/3/273
Earliest possible date
9 July 1857
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Henry Barlow

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William Henry Barlow, Referee's report by William Henry Barlow, on a paper 'A system of train-signalling, by which also disabled trains may telegraph for assistance without the aid of portable apparatus' by Charles Vincent Walker, 9 July 1857, RR/3/273, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_273/referees-report-by-william-henry-barlow-on-a-paper-a-system-of-train-signalling-by-which-also-disabled-trains-may-telegraph-for-assistance-without-the-aid-of-portable-apparatus-by-charles-vincent-walker, accessed on 06 February 2025

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