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Referee's report by Robert Bellamy Clifton, on a paper 'On the atmosphere as a vehicle of sound' by John Tyndall

Reference number: RR/7/351

Date: 17 March 1874

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It contains 'the record of observations of great scientific interest which may possibly lead to results of considerable practical importance'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1874].

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RR/7/351
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17 March 1874
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Bellamy Clifton

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Robert Bellamy Clifton, Referee's report by Robert Bellamy Clifton, on a paper 'On the atmosphere as a vehicle of sound' by John Tyndall, 17 March 1874, RR/7/351, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_351/referees-report-by-robert-bellamy-clifton-on-a-paper-on-the-atmosphere-as-a-vehicle-of-sound-by-john-tyndall, accessed on 09 October 2024

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