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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Discusses the apparatus used, the method in which it was used and possible improvements. Comparison between two instruments are very complex.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Astronomy

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

Reference number
RR/12/192
Earliest possible date
08 November 1894
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Henry Mahoney Christie

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William Henry Mahoney Christie, Detailed referee's report by William Henry Mahoney Christie, on a paper 'On the photographic spectrum of the great nebula in Orion' by Joseph Norman Lockyer, 08 November 1894, RR/12/192, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_192/detailed-referees-report-by-william-henry-mahoney-christie-on-a-paper-on-the-photographic-spectrum-of-the-great-nebula-in-orion-by-joseph-norman-lockyer, accessed on 16 September 2026

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