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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The paper is 'very interesting' and reflects the referee's previous works.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1891].

Reference number
RR/11/9
Earliest possible date
11 March 1891
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

George Francis Fitzgerald

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George Francis Fitzgerald, Referee's report by George Francis Fitzgerald, on a paper 'On the reflection and refraction of light at the surface of a magnetized medium' by Alfred Barnard Basset, 11 March 1891, RR/11/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_9/referees-report-by-george-francis-fitzgerald-on-a-paper-on-the-reflection-and-refraction-of-light-at-the-surface-of-a-magnetized-medium-by-alfred-barnard-basset, accessed on 09 February 2025

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