Record

Reference numberRR/21/32
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Arthur Lapworth, on a paper 'An approximate estimate of the constituents of water' by William Robert Bousfield
Date[November 1914]
DescriptionSectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The assumptions made in the paper 'appears to vitiate the whole of the author's calculation'.

Attached letter from Arthur Lapworth corrects a mistake he made in the calculations in the report. Dated 13 November 1914. Endorsed on recto as received 18 November 1914.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 16 November 1914.
Extent3p
FormatTypescript
Manuscript
Physical descriptionStandardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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Access statusOpen
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6165Lapworth; Arthur (1872 - 1941); chemist1872 - 1941
NA1290Bousfield; William Robert (1854 - 1943)1854 - 1943
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