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Referee's report by William Augustus Tilden, on a paper 'On the action of heat on the absorption-spectra an chemical constitution of saline substances' by Walter Noel Hartley

Reference number: RR/14/180

Date: 21 October 1899

Description

No clear statement regarding publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Finds many discrepancies between text and figures. Refers to work of William James Russell, which is not mentioned by the author. The paper does not provide new information which has not already been published elsewhere.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 23 October 1899.

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RR/14/180
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21 October 1899
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Augustus Tilden

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William Augustus Tilden, Referee's report by William Augustus Tilden, on a paper 'On the action of heat on the absorption-spectra an chemical constitution of saline substances' by Walter Noel Hartley, 21 October 1899, RR/14/180, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_180/referees-report-by-william-augustus-tilden-on-a-paper-on-the-action-of-heat-on-the-absorption-spectra-an-chemical-constitution-of-saline-substances-by-walter-noel-hartley, accessed on 22 March 2025

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