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Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the laws of connexion between the conditions of a chemical change and its amount' by Augustus George Vernon Harcourt and William Esson

Reference number: RR/6/140

Date: 27 September 1866

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The experimental method used is very accurate, and builds upon work in their earlier paper. Has made notes on the mathematics in pencil on the manuscript for the authors to consider.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/6/140
Earliest possible date
27 September 1866
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

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George Gabriel Stokes

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William Esson

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George Gabriel Stokes, William Esson, Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the laws of connexion between the conditions of a chemical change and its amount' by Augustus George Vernon Harcourt and William Esson, 27 September 1866, RR/6/140, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_140/referees-report-by-george-gabriel-stokes-on-a-paper-on-the-laws-of-connexion-between-the-conditions-of-a-chemical-change-and-its-amount-by-augustus-george-vernon-harcourt-and-william-esson, accessed on 13 October 2024

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