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Letter from Thomas Edward Thorpe, on his paper 'Researches upon the specific volumes of liquids' to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/7/422

Date: 01 November 1875

Description

Wishes for the paper to be withdrawn, in order to do further work on it.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1875].

Reference number
RR/7/422
Earliest possible date
01 November 1875
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from Thomas Edward Thorpe, on his paper 'Researches upon the specific volumes of liquids' to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 01 November 1875, RR/7/422, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_422/letter-from-thomas-edward-thorpe-on-his-paper-researches-upon-the-specific-volumes-of-liquids-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 06 March 2026

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