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Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On the thermo-electric properties of liquids' by George Gore

Reference number: RR/8/105

Date: 17 April 1878

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', instead recommends the Proceedings. Provides a criticism of the experimental method. Refers to work by Wild [?].

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1878]

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RR/8/105
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17 April 1878
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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James Clerk Maxwell

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James Clerk Maxwell, Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On the thermo-electric properties of liquids' by George Gore, 17 April 1878, RR/8/105, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_105/referees-report-by-james-clerk-maxwell-on-a-paper-on-the-thermo-electric-properties-of-liquids-by-george-gore, accessed on 21 June 2025

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