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Letter from William John Macquorn Rankine, on a paper 'Volcanic energy: an attempt to develop its true origin and cosmical relations' by Robert Mallet

Reference number: RR/7/185

Date: 3 July 1872

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Referee has been diagnosed with an eye condition and has been advised to refrain from using his eyesight (particularly for reading). He declines to report on the paper.

Subject: Physics/Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1873].

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RR/7/185
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3 July 1872
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William John Macquorn Rankine

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William John Macquorn Rankine, Letter from William John Macquorn Rankine, on a paper 'Volcanic energy: an attempt to develop its true origin and cosmical relations' by Robert Mallet, 3 July 1872, RR/7/185, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_185/letter-from-william-john-macquorn-rankine-on-a-paper-volcanic-energy-an-attempt-to-develop-its-true-origin-and-cosmical-relations-by-robert-mallet, accessed on 19 May 2025

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