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Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'Conductibility of mercury and amalgams' by Frederick Crace Calvert and Richard Johnson

Reference number: RR/4/31

Date: 01 October 1859

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Chemistry.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1859].

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RR/4/31
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01 October 1859
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Wheatstone

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Charles Wheatstone, Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'Conductibility of mercury and amalgams' by Frederick Crace Calvert and Richard Johnson, 01 October 1859, RR/4/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_31/referees-report-by-charles-wheatstone-on-a-paper-conductibility-of-mercury-and-amalgams-by-frederick-crace-calvert-and-richard-johnson, accessed on 21 January 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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