Record

RefNoRR/10/226
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the logarithmic law of atomic weights' by George Johnstone Stoney
Date24 July 1888
DescriptionNot recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Mendelejiff [Dmitri Mendeleev] and Edmund James Mills. Gives a thorough mathematical criticism, and concludes that the author has not provided conclusive evidence to support their theories.

Subject: Mathematics, Physics

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1888]
Extent13p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialdoi:10.1098/rspl.1888.0008 Vol.44 1888
RelatedRecordAP/65/9
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6347Foster; George Carey (1835 - 1919); physicist1835 - 1919
NA8284Stoney; George Johnstone (1826 - 1911)1826 - 1911
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