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Referee's report by George Downing Liveing, on two papers 'Flame spectra at high temperatures.— Part II. The spectrum of metallic manganese, of alloys of manganese, and of compounds containing that element' and 'Flame spectra at high temperatures.—Part III. The spectroscopic phenomena and thermo-chemistry the bessemer process' by Walter Noel Hartley

Reference number: RR/12/133

Date: 13 June 1894

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests an anomaly in one photograph might be due to solar light, and suggests a confirmatory experiment.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Both papers published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1894]

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RR/12/133
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13 June 1894
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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George Downing Liveing

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George Downing Liveing, Referee's report by George Downing Liveing, on two papers 'Flame spectra at high temperatures.— Part II. The spectrum of metallic manganese, of alloys of manganese, and of compounds containing that element' and 'Flame spectra at high temperatures.—Part III. The spectroscopic phenomena and thermo-chemistry the bessemer process' by Walter Noel Hartley, 13 June 1894, RR/12/133, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_133/referees-report-by-george-downing-liveing-on-two-papers-flame-spectra-at-high-temperatures-part-ii-the-spectrum-of-metallic-manganese-of-alloys-of-manganese-and-of-compounds-containing-that-element-and-flame-spectra-at-high-temperaturespart-iii-the-spectroscopic-phenomena-and-thermo-chemistry-the-bessemer-process-by-walter-noel-hartley, accessed on 17 March 2025

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