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Referee's report by William Allen Miller, on a paper 'On the existence of multiple proportion in the quantities of heat produced by the chemical combination of oxygen and other bodies' by Thomas Woods

Reference number: RR/3/295

Date: 21 June 1856

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is 'insufficient' and 'inaccurate' in places.

Subject: Chemistry

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

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RR/3/295
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21 June 1856
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Letter on paper
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4 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 'On the existence of multiple proportion in the quantities of heat produced by the chemical combination of oxygen and other bodies' by Thomas Woods, 21 June 1856, RR/3/295, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_295/referees-report-by-william-allen-miller-on-a-paper-on-the-existence-of-multiple-proportion-in-the-quantities-of-heat-produced-by-the-chemical-combination-of-oxygen-and-other-bodies-by-thomas-woods, accessed on 13 January 2025

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