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Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin on a paper 'On the construction of a new calorimeter for determining the radiating powers of surfaces in air; and its application to the surfaces of various mineral substances' by William Hopkins

Reference number: RR/4/136

Date: 1860

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Further notes on the paper.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1860].

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RR/4/136
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1860
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Report on paper
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16 pages
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Manuscript

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William Thomson

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William Thomson, Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin on a paper 'On the construction of a new calorimeter for determining the radiating powers of surfaces in air; and its application to the surfaces of various mineral substances' by William Hopkins, 1860, RR/4/136, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_136/referees-report-by-william-thomson-lord-kelvin-on-a-paper-on-the-construction-of-a-new-calorimeter-for-determining-the-radiating-powers-of-surfaces-in-air-and-its-application-to-the-surfaces-of-various-mineral-substances-by-william-hopkins, accessed on 13 June 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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