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Reference numberRR/10/78
LevelItem
TitleLetter from William Ramsay, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'On evaporation and dissociation. Part V. A study of the thermal properties of methyl-alcohol' by William Ramsay and Sydney Young
Date14 May 1887
DescriptionReturns Alexander William Williamson's letter, and thanks him for the suggestions, but declines to adopt the suggestions for the end of the paper, and has sent references to papers explaining why. Wishes for Alexander William Williamson to receive the explanatory note as soon as possible, as he [William Ramsay] is standing for his [Alexander William Williamson's] chair.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1887]
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rsta.1887.0011 Vol.178 1887
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6172Ramsay; Sir; William (1852 - 1916); physical chemist1852 - 1916
NA6090Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh; experimental and mathematical physicist1842 - 1919
NA6164Young; Sydney (1857 - 1937)1857 - 1937
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