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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It contains 'well-devised experiments carried out with skill and care'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1884].

Reference number
RR/9/237
Earliest possible date
01 September 1884
Physical description
Report on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

George Carey Foster

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George Carey Foster, Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Influence of change of condition from the liquid to the solid state on vapour-pressure' by William Ramsay and Sydney Young, 01 September 1884, RR/9/237, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_237/referees-report-by-george-carey-foster-on-a-paper-influence-of-change-of-condition-from-the-liquid-to-the-solid-state-on-vapour-pressure-by-william-ramsay-and-sydney-young, accessed on 12 June 2026

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