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Reference numberRR/5/273
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'On the relation of radiant heat to aqueous vapour' by John Tyndall
Date18 March 1863
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper is a continuation of an earlier one. Considers the author made his case well the previous year, but the new experiments are valuable. Suggests some additional experiments.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1863]
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1863.0001 Vol.153 1863
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8289Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; mathematician and physicist1824 - 1907
NA8293Tyndall; John (1820 - 1893); natural philosopher1820 - 1893
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