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Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the atmosphere as a vehicle of sound' by John Tyndall

Reference number: RR/7/350

Date: 02 March 1874

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The author should be invited to comments on 'whether the evidence he addresses justifies the confidence with which he concludes'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1874].

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RR/7/350
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02 March 1874
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Report on paper
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15 pages
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Manuscript

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George Gabriel Stokes

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George Gabriel Stokes, Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the atmosphere as a vehicle of sound' by John Tyndall, 02 March 1874, RR/7/350, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_350/referees-report-by-george-gabriel-stokes-on-a-paper-on-the-atmosphere-as-a-vehicle-of-sound-by-john-tyndall, accessed on 12 December 2024

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