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Third letter from George Francis Fitzgerald, on a paper 'On the reflection and refraction of light at the surface of a magnetized medium' by Alfred Barnard Basset to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/11/12

Date: 22 June 1891

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Hopes that his additional notes on the paper have been added to his referee report, which will be sent to the author.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1891].

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RR/11/12
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22 June 1891
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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George Francis Fitzgerald

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George Francis Fitzgerald, Third letter from George Francis Fitzgerald, on a paper 'On the reflection and refraction of light at the surface of a magnetized medium' by Alfred Barnard Basset to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, Secretary of the Royal Society, 22 June 1891, RR/11/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_12/third-letter-from-george-francis-fitzgerald-on-a-paper-on-the-reflection-and-refraction-of-light-at-the-surface-of-a-magnetized-medium-by-alfred-barnard-basset-to-john-william-strutt-lord-rayleigh-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 11 October 2024

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

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