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Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'On the relation of radiant heat to aqueous vapour' by John Tyndall

Reference number: RR/5/273

Date: 18 March 1863

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper is a continuation of an earlier one. Considers the author made his case well the previous year, but the new experiments are valuable. Suggests some additional experiments.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

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

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RR/5/273
Earliest possible date
18 March 1863
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Letter on paper
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8 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 relation of radiant heat to aqueous vapour' by John Tyndall, 18 March 1863, RR/5/273, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_273/referees-report-by-william-thomson-lord-kelvin-on-a-paper-on-the-relation-of-radiant-heat-to-aqueous-vapour-by-john-tyndall, accessed on 19 July 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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