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Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the liquation, fusibility, and density of certain alloys of silver and copper' by William Chandler Roberts-Austen

Reference number: RR/7/398

Date: 22 March 1875

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The experiments don't seem to 'throw much light on any question which is obviously of great scientific importance'.

Subject: Chemistry

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

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RR/7/398
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22 March 1875
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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George Carey Foster

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George Carey Foster, Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the liquation, fusibility, and density of certain alloys of silver and copper' by William Chandler Roberts-Austen, 22 March 1875, RR/7/398, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_398/referees-report-by-george-carey-foster-on-a-paper-on-the-liquation-fusibility-and-density-of-certain-alloys-of-silver-and-copper-by-william-chandler-roberts-austen, accessed on 10 October 2024

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