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Referee's report and letter by Robert Bellamy Clifton, on a paper 'On the focometry of lenses and lens-combinations, and on a new focometer' by Silvanus Phillips Thompson

Reference number: RR/11/98

Date: 1891

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The abstract that has already been published in Proceedings seems sufficient to describe the paper. The description of the instrument could be added to Proceedings.

Includes letter sent with the report, in which the referee apologises for not sending it sooner.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1890].

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RR/11/98
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1891
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Report on paper
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13 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Bellamy Clifton

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Robert Bellamy Clifton, Referee's report and letter by Robert Bellamy Clifton, on a paper 'On the focometry of lenses and lens-combinations, and on a new focometer' by Silvanus Phillips Thompson, 1891, RR/11/98, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_98/referees-report-and-letter-by-robert-bellamy-clifton-on-a-paper-on-the-focometry-of-lenses-and-lens-combinations-and-on-a-new-focometer-by-silvanus-phillips-thompson, accessed on 08 May 2026

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