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Reference numberRR/14/85
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Ernest Howard Griffiths, on a paper 'On the heat dissipated by a platinum surface at high temperatures' by Joseph Ernest Petavel
Datend [June 1898]
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Criticises the author's use of the term 'absolute'. Suggests the curves should be printed at their current scale. Has written a report giving recommendations, which he is happy to be sent to the author, with his name attached for potential correspondence.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 28 June 1898.
Extent3p
FormatTypescript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rsta.1898.0012 Vol.191 1898
Related records in the catalogueRR/14/84
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA5101Griffiths; Ernest Howard (1851 - 1932)1851 - 1932
NA8267Petavel; Sir; Joseph Ernest (1873 - 1936); engineer and physicist1873 - 1936
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