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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions,as the 'experiments seem to have been carried out with considerable care'. Some parts should be edited prior to publication.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1872].

Reference number
RR/7/173
Earliest possible date
6 September 1872
Physical description
Report on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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George Carey Foster

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George Carey Foster, Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the specific heat and other physical characters of mixtures of methylic alcohol and water, and on certain relations existing between the specific heat of a mixture or solution and the heat evolved or absorbed in their formation' by August Dupre, 6 September 1872, RR/7/173, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_173/referees-report-by-george-carey-foster-on-a-paper-on-the-specific-heat-and-other-physical-characters-of-mixtures-of-methylic-alcohol-and-water-and-on-certain-relations-existing-between-the-specific-heat-of-a-mixture-or-solution-and-the-heat-evolved-or-absorbed-in-their-formation-by-august-dupre, accessed on 18 February 2025

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