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Referee's report by William de Wiveleslie Abney, on a paper 'On the temperature of the carbons of the electric arc; with a note on the temperature of the Sun. Experiments made at Daramona, Streete, Co. Westmeath' by William Edward Wilson and P L Gray

Reference number: RR/12/412

Date: 1895

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Recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. The paper should be abridged to around half its curent length.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1895]

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RR/12/412
Earliest possible date
1895
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Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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William de Wiveleslie Abney

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William de Wiveleslie Abney, Referee's report by William de Wiveleslie Abney, on a paper 'On the temperature of the carbons of the electric arc; with a note on the temperature of the Sun. Experiments made at Daramona, Streete, Co. Westmeath' by William Edward Wilson and P L Gray, 1895, RR/12/412, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_412/referees-report-by-william-de-wiveleslie-abney-on-a-paper-on-the-temperature-of-the-carbons-of-the-electric-arc-with-a-note-on-the-temperature-of-the-sun-experiments-made-at-daramona-streete-co-westmeath-by-william-edward-wilson-and-p-l-gray, accessed on 24 June 2025

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