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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work by Miller [William Allwen Miller or William Hallowes Miller?], Balfour Stewart and Louis Grandeau. The origin of the values in the tables should be clearly stated. Suggests some changes to experimental method and apparatus.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/6/14
Earliest possible date
15 July 1869
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Referee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on the Bakerian Lecture 'On the continuity of the gaseous and liquid states of matter' by Thomas Andrews, 15 July 1869, RR/6/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_14/referees-report-by-john-frederick-william-herschel-on-the-bakerian-lecture-on-the-continuity-of-the-gaseous-and-liquid-states-of-matter-by-thomas-andrews, accessed on 06 November 2024

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