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Referee's report by Augustus George Vernon Harcourt, on a paper 'Conditions of chemical change in gases: hydrogen, carbonic oxide, and oxygen' by Harold Baily Dixon

Reference number: RR/9/201

Date: 29 July 1884

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is a 'most complete and important piece of work'. The length could be reduced. Apologises for returning the report late, as 'many little things' had to be done before he left for Canada.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1884].

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RR/9/201
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29 July 1884
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Augustus George Vernon Harcourt

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Augustus George Vernon Harcourt, Referee's report by Augustus George Vernon Harcourt, on a paper 'Conditions of chemical change in gases: hydrogen, carbonic oxide, and oxygen' by Harold Baily Dixon, 29 July 1884, RR/9/201, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_201/referees-report-by-augustus-george-vernon-harcourt-on-a-paper-conditions-of-chemical-change-in-gases-hydrogen-carbonic-oxide-and-oxygen-by-harold-baily-dixon, accessed on 17 March 2025

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