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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The paper is of great value and marks a distinct step in the advancement of knowledge of the sun. The value of the plate could be improved with the addition of a Fraunhofer spectrum.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1896].

Reference number
RR/13/61
Earliest possible date
28 December 1896
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Typescript

Creator name

William Huggins

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William Huggins, Referee's report by William Huggins, on a paper 'Preliminary report on the results obtained with the prismatic camera during the eclipse of 1896' by Joseph Norman Lockyer, 28 December 1896, RR/13/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_61/referees-report-by-william-huggins-on-a-paper-preliminary-report-on-the-results-obtained-with-the-prismatic-camera-during-the-eclipse-of-1896-by-joseph-norman-lockyer, accessed on 03 December 2024

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