Record

RefNoRR/5/260
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'An account of experiments on the change of the elastic force of a constant volume of atmospheric air, between 32° F. and 212° F., and also on the temperature of the melting-point of mercury' by Balfour Stewart
Date20 July 1863
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to John Tyndall, who returned the paper unexamined. Suggests reducing the size of the plate. If the author adopts the suggestions of William Hallowes Miller [RR/5/258] for further clarifying experiments, these results should be appended to the paper.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1863]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1863.0019 Vol.153 1863
RelatedRecordPT.69.4
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903)1819 - 1903
NA6042Stewart; Balfour (1828 - 1887)1828 - 1887
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