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Referee's report by John Tyndall, on a paper 'On the stratifications in electrical discharges, as observed in torricellian and other vacua - second communication' by John Peter Gassiot

Reference number: RR/4/104

Date: 23 March 1859

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, although it should be condensed.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1859].

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RR/4/104
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23 March 1859
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Tyndall

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John Tyndall, Referee's report by John Tyndall, on a paper 'On the stratifications in electrical discharges, as observed in torricellian and other vacua - second communication' by John Peter Gassiot, 23 March 1859, RR/4/104, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_104/referees-report-by-john-tyndall-on-a-paper-on-the-stratifications-in-electrical-discharges-as-observed-in-torricellian-and-other-vacua-second-communication-by-john-peter-gassiot, accessed on 14 February 2026

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