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Referee's report by Thomas Romney Robinson, on a paper 'An account of experiments on the change of the elastic force of a constant volume of atmospheric air, between 32° F. and 212° F., and also on the temperature of the melting-point of mercury' by Balfour Stewart

Reference number: RR/5/257

Date: 02 August 1862

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests appending Professor Thomson's [?] note to the paper.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1863]

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RR/5/257
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02 August 1862
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Romney Robinson

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Thomas Romney Robinson, Referee's report by Thomas Romney Robinson, on a paper 'An account of experiments on the change of the elastic force of a constant volume of atmospheric air, between 32° F. and 212° F., and also on the temperature of the melting-point of mercury' by Balfour Stewart, 02 August 1862, RR/5/257, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_257/referees-report-by-thomas-romney-robinson-on-a-paper-an-account-of-experiments-on-the-change-of-the-elastic-force-of-a-constant-volume-of-atmospheric-air-between-32-f-and-212-f-and-also-on-the-temperature-of-the-melting-point-of-mercury-by-balfour-stewart, accessed on 05 November 2024

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