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Letter from August Dupre, on his 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' to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/7/175

Date: 21 November 1872

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He is sorry that errors have been found in his paper and now he 'will take great care to have them corrected'.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1872].

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RR/7/175
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21 November 1872
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from August Dupre, on his 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' to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 21 November 1872, RR/7/175, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_175/letter-from-august-dupre-on-his-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-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 23 March 2025

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