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Referee's report by Heinrich Debus, on a paper 'Relations between the atomic weights and certain physical properties (melting and boiling points and heats of formation) of elements and compounds' by Thomas Carnelley

Reference number: RR/8/150

Date: 01 December 1879

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Not recommended for publication in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Suggests publication in the Proceedings. Knowledge of the substances is not advanced enough to form the basis of such important conclusions.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1879]

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RR/8/150
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01 December 1879
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Heinrich Debus

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Heinrich Debus, Referee's report by Heinrich Debus, on a paper 'Relations between the atomic weights and certain physical properties (melting and boiling points and heats of formation) of elements and compounds' by Thomas Carnelley, 01 December 1879, RR/8/150, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_150/referees-report-by-heinrich-debus-on-a-paper-relations-between-the-atomic-weights-and-certain-physical-properties-melting-and-boiling-points-and-heats-of-formation-of-elements-and-compounds-by-thomas-carnelley, accessed on 14 October 2024

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