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Referee's report by Frederick Augustus Abel, on a paper 'On the alleged expansion in volume of various substances in passing by refrigeration from the state of liquid fusion to that of solidification' by Robert Mallet

Reference number: RR/7/330

Date: 03 July 1874

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It 'contains valuable contributions to our knowledge of the behaviour of bodies'.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1874].

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RR/7/330
Earliest possible date
03 July 1874
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Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Frederick Augustus Abel

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Frederick Augustus Abel, Referee's report by Frederick Augustus Abel, on a paper 'On the alleged expansion in volume of various substances in passing by refrigeration from the state of liquid fusion to that of solidification' by Robert Mallet, 03 July 1874, RR/7/330, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_330/referees-report-by-frederick-augustus-abel-on-a-paper-on-the-alleged-expansion-in-volume-of-various-substances-in-passing-by-refrigeration-from-the-state-of-liquid-fusion-to-that-of-solidification-by-robert-mallet, accessed on 09 February 2026

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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