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Letter from Edward Lawton Moss, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'Observations on arctic sea-water and ice' by Edward Lawton Moss

Reference number: RR/8/126

Date: 03 July 1878

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Has not yet heard from the second referee mentioned by George Gabriel Stokes in his last communication. Once received, will attend to the recommendations of the referees. Enquires whether it would be right to simply omit or insert passages.

Appended note, referee's reports sent from Thomas Edward Thorpe and Heinrich Debus, without names.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

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

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RR/8/126
Earliest possible date
03 July 1878
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from Edward Lawton Moss, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'Observations on arctic sea-water and ice' by Edward Lawton Moss, 03 July 1878, RR/8/126, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_126/letter-from-edward-lawton-moss-to-george-gabriel-stokes-regarding-a-paper-observations-on-arctic-sea-water-and-ice-by-edward-lawton-moss, accessed on 19 March 2025

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