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Letter from William de Wiveleslie Abney, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'Total eclipse of the sun observed at Caroline Island, on 6th May, 1883' by William de Wiveleslie Abney

Reference number: RR/10/7

Date: 09 August 1887

Description

The paper was written under conditions making the work a serious labour. The current paper should be printed before the paper covering the most recent eclipse. Will attempt to meet the remarks of the referee, who would appear to be a friend, and thinks the remarks would have come better from themselves.

Subject: Astronomy

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

Reference number
RR/10/7
Earliest possible date
09 August 1887
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from William de Wiveleslie Abney, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'Total eclipse of the sun observed at Caroline Island, on 6th May, 1883' by William de Wiveleslie Abney, 09 August 1887, RR/10/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_7/letter-from-william-de-wiveleslie-abney-to-john-william-strutt-3rd-baron-rayleigh-regarding-a-paper-total-eclipse-of-the-sun-observed-at-caroline-island-on-6th-may-1883-by-william-de-wiveleslie-abney, accessed on 06 March 2026

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