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Referee's report by William Allen Miller, on a paper 'Investigations of the specific heat of solid bodies' by Hermann Kopp

Reference number: RR/5/221

Date: 16 November 1864

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Considers the paper more similar in style to an encyclopedia entry than a Royal Society paper. Refers to work by Dulery [?] and Petit [?]. The paper is very long, but cannot se a way of reducing it without asking the author to re-write; considering the reputation of the author and the fact that the paper has already been translated onto English, advises against a re-write.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1865]

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RR/5/221
Earliest possible date
16 November 1864
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Letter on paper
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8 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 'Investigations of the specific heat of solid bodies' by Hermann Kopp, 16 November 1864, RR/5/221, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_221/referees-report-by-william-allen-miller-on-a-paper-investigations-of-the-specific-heat-of-solid-bodies-by-hermann-kopp, accessed on 12 December 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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