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Referee's report by George Downing Liveing, on a paper 'Experiments on the flame spectrum of carbon monoxide' by Walter Noel Hartley

Reference number: RR/13/189

Date: 22 March 1897

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Not recommended for publication. The first three paragraphs contain nothing new and no attempt has been made to prove that the two series were not due to water vapour.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1897].

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RR/13/189
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22 March 1897
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Letter on paper
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4 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 a paper 'Experiments on the flame spectrum of carbon monoxide' by Walter Noel Hartley, 22 March 1897, RR/13/189, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_189/referees-report-by-george-downing-liveing-on-a-paper-experiments-on-the-flame-spectrum-of-carbon-monoxide-by-walter-noel-hartley, accessed on 06 November 2025

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