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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Neither the paper nor the illustrations would condense well.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Astronomy

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1895]

Reference number
RR/12/189
Earliest possible date
04 July 1894
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Andrew Ainslie Common

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Andrew Ainslie Common, Referee's report by Andrew Ainslie Common, on a paper 'On the photographic spectrum of the great nebula in Orion' by Joseph Norman Lockyer, 04 July 1894, RR/12/189, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_189/referees-report-by-andrew-ainslie-common-on-a-paper-on-the-photographic-spectrum-of-the-great-nebula-in-orion-by-joseph-norman-lockyer, accessed on 15 September 2026

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