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Referee's report by William Allen Miller, on a paper 'Account of the construction of a standard barometer, and description of the apparatus and processes employed in the verification of barometers at the Kew Observatory' by John Welsh

Reference number: RR/3/278

Date: 21 June 1856

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Mathematics/Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1856].

Reference number
RR/3/278
Earliest possible date
21 June 1856
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Allen Miller

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William Allen Miller, Referee's report by William Allen Miller, on a paper 'Account of the construction of a standard barometer, and description of the apparatus and processes employed in the verification of barometers at the Kew Observatory' by John Welsh, 21 June 1856, RR/3/278, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_278/referees-report-by-william-allen-miller-on-a-paper-account-of-the-construction-of-a-standard-barometer-and-description-of-the-apparatus-and-processes-employed-in-the-verification-of-barometers-at-the-kew-observatory-by-john-welsh, accessed on 08 February 2025

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