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Referee's report by Thomas Graham, on a paper 'Investigations of the specific heat of solid and liquid bodies' by Hermann Kopp

Reference number: RR/5/133

Date: 07 June 1864

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work by Henri Victor Regnault. The descriptions of the experiments cannot be reduced, as each new experiment contains a new quality or quantity of the substances involved.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 1863]

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RR/5/133
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07 June 1864
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Letter on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Graham

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Thomas Graham, Referee's report by Thomas Graham, on a paper 'Investigations of the specific heat of solid and liquid bodies' by Hermann Kopp, 07 June 1864, RR/5/133, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_133/referees-report-by-thomas-graham-on-a-paper-investigations-of-the-specific-heat-of-solid-and-liquid-bodies-by-hermann-kopp, accessed on 08 December 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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