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Referee's report by William de Wiveleslie Abney, on a paper 'The total solar eclipse of August 9, 1896.- Report on the expedition to Kiö Island' by Joseph Norman Lockyer

Reference number: RR/13/217

Date: 31 May 1897

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as the author's other papers on lunar observations have appeared there. The paper is important.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1897].

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RR/13/217
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31 May 1897
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Report on paper
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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 'The total solar eclipse of August 9, 1896.- Report on the expedition to Kiö Island' by Joseph Norman Lockyer, 31 May 1897, RR/13/217, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_217/referees-report-by-william-de-wiveleslie-abney-on-a-paper-the-total-solar-eclipse-of-august-9-1896-report-on-the-expedition-to-kiö-island-by-joseph-norman-lockyer, accessed on 21 January 2025

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