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Reference numberRR/14/84
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the heat dissipated by a platinum surface at high temperatures' by Joseph Ernest Petavel
Date7 June 1898
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Brings the author's attention to the use of the term 'absolute' in Physics. Refers to work of Henri Victor Regnault.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 7 June 1898.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rsta.1898.0012 Vol.191 1898
Related records in the catalogueRR/14/85
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6347Foster; George Carey (1835 - 1919); chemist and physicist1835 - 1919
NA8267Petavel; Sir; Joseph Ernest (1873 - 1936)1873 - 1936
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