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Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the specific resistance of mercury' by John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh and H Sidgwick

Reference number: RR/9/87

Date: 10 November 1882

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is 'of great value'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1883].

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RR/9/87
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10 November 1882
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Report on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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George Carey Foster

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George Carey Foster, Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the specific resistance of mercury' by John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh and H Sidgwick, 10 November 1882, RR/9/87, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_87/referees-report-by-george-carey-foster-on-a-paper-on-the-specific-resistance-of-mercury-by-john-william-strutt-lord-rayleigh-and-h-sidgwick, accessed on 13 December 2024

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