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Referee's report by John Tyndall, on a paper 'On supersaturated saline solutions' by Charles Tomlinson

Reference number: RR/6/294

Date: 16 October 1868

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests the author should reduce the paper by around half. Thinks some of the paper has already appeared elsewhere, and some of the reasoning is unclear.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/6/294
Earliest possible date
16 October 1868
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Tyndall

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John Tyndall, Referee's report by John Tyndall, on a paper 'On supersaturated saline solutions' by Charles Tomlinson, 16 October 1868, RR/6/294, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_294/referees-report-by-john-tyndall-on-a-paper-on-supersaturated-saline-solutions-by-charles-tomlinson, accessed on 03 December 2024

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