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Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on two papers 'On evaporation and dissociation. Part II - A study of the thermal properties of alcohol' and 'On evaporation and dissociation. Part I' by William Ramsay and Sydney Young

Reference number: RR/9/387

Date: 29 December 1885

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Both papers recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Chemistry

[Both papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1886].

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RR/9/387
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29 December 1885
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4 pages
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George Carey Foster, Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on two papers 'On evaporation and dissociation. Part II - A study of the thermal properties of alcohol' and 'On evaporation and dissociation. Part I' by William Ramsay and Sydney Young, 29 December 1885, RR/9/387, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_387/referees-report-by-george-carey-foster-on-two-papers-on-evaporation-and-dissociation-part-ii-a-study-of-the-thermal-properties-of-alcohol-and-on-evaporation-and-dissociation-part-i-by-william-ramsay-and-sydney-young, accessed on 20 September 2024

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