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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is a 'very admirable piece of physical work'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1886].

Reference number
RR/9/329
Earliest possible date
17 October 1886
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

James Dewar

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James Dewar, Referee's report by James Dewar, on a paper 'On the practical measurements of temperature. Experiments made at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge' by Hugh Longbourne Callendar, 17 October 1886, RR/9/329, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_329/referees-report-by-james-dewar-on-a-paper-on-the-practical-measurements-of-temperature-experiments-made-at-the-cavendish-laboratory-cambridge-by-hugh-longbourne-callendar, accessed on 12 November 2024

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