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Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'On determining the depth of the sea without the use of the sounding-line' by Charles William Siemens

Reference number: RR/7/483

Date: 08 March 1876

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. the 'measurement of gravity by aid of a spring balance, with the degree of sensibility described in the paper is in itself a very remarkable scientific achievement'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1876].

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RR/7/483
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08 March 1876
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Letter on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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William Thomson

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William Thomson, Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'On determining the depth of the sea without the use of the sounding-line' by Charles William Siemens, 08 March 1876, RR/7/483, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_483/referees-report-by-william-thomson-lord-kelvin-on-a-paper-on-determining-the-depth-of-the-sea-without-the-use-of-the-sounding-line-by-charles-william-siemens, accessed on 14 March 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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