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Referee's report by Arthur William Rucker, on a paper 'Some observations on the amount of light reflected and transmitted by certain kinds of glass' by John Conroy

Reference number: RR/10/254

Date: 19 December 1888

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society' or the Proceedings. The results have been largely anticipated by John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh. Suggests condensing some of the tables of observations.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1889]

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RR/10/254
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19 December 1888
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur William Rücker

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Arthur William Rücker, Referee's report by Arthur William Rucker, on a paper 'Some observations on the amount of light reflected and transmitted by certain kinds of glass' by John Conroy, 19 December 1888, RR/10/254, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_254/referees-report-by-arthur-william-rucker-on-a-paper-some-observations-on-the-amount-of-light-reflected-and-transmitted-by-certain-kinds-of-glass-by-john-conroy, accessed on 20 January 2025

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