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Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the expansion by heat of water and mercury' by Augustus Matthiessen

Reference number: RR/6/170

Date: 31 January 1866

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests some points should be more clearly stated.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/6/170
Earliest possible date
31 January 1866
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Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Balfour Stewart

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Balfour Stewart, Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the expansion by heat of water and mercury' by Augustus Matthiessen, 31 January 1866, RR/6/170, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_170/referees-report-by-balfour-stewart-on-a-paper-on-the-expansion-by-heat-of-water-and-mercury-by-augustus-matthiessen, accessed on 15 May 2025

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