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Reference numberRR/8/149
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the thermal conductivity of water' by James Thomson Bottomley
Date20 May 1879
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', with receommended modifications. Suggests a demonstration be provided of the 'sensibility' of the apparatus, otherwise the reader must rely on the judgement of the author and William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. If a demonstration is provided. this should be added to the paper for publication. If no demonstration is provided, the paper should be published in the Proceedings.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1881]
Extent2p
FormatTypescript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1881.0010 Vol.172 1881
Related records in the catalogueRR/8/148
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist1819 - 1903
NA8724Bottomley; James Thomson (1845 - 1926)1845 - 1926
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