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Referee's report by William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, on a paper 'Experimental researches on the electric discharge with the chloride of silver battery' by Warren de la Rue and Hugo Muller

Reference number: RR/8/16

Date: 21 November 1877

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Is interested in the comparison the authors made between their work and similar work by the referee conducted at the same time.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1878]

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RR/8/16
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21 November 1877
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Thomson, Referee's report by William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, on a paper 'Experimental researches on the electric discharge with the chloride of silver battery' by Warren de la Rue and Hugo Muller, 21 November 1877, RR/8/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_16/referees-report-by-william-thomson-1st-baron-kelvin-on-a-paper-experimental-researches-on-the-electric-discharge-with-the-chloride-of-silver-battery-by-warren-de-la-rue-and-hugo-muller, accessed on 21 January 2025

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