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Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, to William Grylls Adams, regarding a paper 'Effects of stress on the thermoelectric quality of metals. Part I' by James Alfred Ewing

Reference number: RR/8/293

Date: 14 April 1882

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Encloses correspondence regarding the paper under review. Asks for their opinion as regards publication of the paper.

Subject: Physics / Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1881]

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RR/8/293
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14 April 1882
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Typescript

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William Grylls Adams

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William Grylls Adams, Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, to William Grylls Adams, regarding a paper 'Effects of stress on the thermoelectric quality of metals. Part I' by James Alfred Ewing, 14 April 1882, RR/8/293, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_293/letter-from-george-gabriel-stokes-to-william-grylls-adams-regarding-a-paper-effects-of-stress-on-the-thermoelectric-quality-of-metals-part-i-by-james-alfred-ewing, accessed on 23 January 2025

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