Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'New determination of the mechanical equivalent of heat' by James Prescott Joule
Reference number: RR/8/110
Date: 06 April 1878
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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests some further explanatory remarks be added.
Subject: Physics and Chemistry
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1878]
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- RR/8/110
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- 06 April 1878
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- Letter on paper
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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William Thomson, Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'New determination of the mechanical equivalent of heat' by James Prescott Joule, 06 April 1878, RR/8/110, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_110/referees-report-by-william-thomson-lord-kelvin-on-a-paper-new-determination-of-the-mechanical-equivalent-of-heat-by-james-prescott-joule, accessed on 24 March 2025
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XI. New determination of the mechanical equivalent of heat External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1878
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1878.0011
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