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Supplemental referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the limit of the liquid state' by J B Hannay

Reference number: RR/8/315

Date: 28 November 1881

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Recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Discusses the experimental method, and there is no objection to their printing on the Proceedings. Suggests a distinction between gas and vapour be made in the supplements. Suggests omitting the conclusions, as the experimental part is the important and valuable part of the paper.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1882]

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RR/8/315
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28 November 1881
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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George Carey Foster

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George Carey Foster, Supplemental referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the limit of the liquid state' by J B Hannay, 28 November 1881, RR/8/315, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_315/supplemental-referees-report-by-george-carey-foster-on-a-paper-on-the-limit-of-the-liquid-state-by-j-b-hannay, accessed on 15 January 2025

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