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Reference numberRR/8/205
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Heinrich Debus, on a paper 'Absorption of gases by charcoal. Part II. On a new series of equivalents or molecules' by Robert Angus Smith
Date21 May 1879
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Refers to work of Saussure and Hunter [?]. Believes some of the results are an 'arithmetical coincidence', and some of the explanations are difficult to understand. Unless curtailed, the paper should not be published.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1879]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1878.0135 Vol.28 1879
Related records in the catalogueAP/60/17
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6025Debus; Heinrich (1824 - 1915)1824 - 1915
NA6043Smith; Robert Angus (1817 - 1884)1817 - 1884
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