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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. Part III' by Walter Noel Hartley

Reference number: RR/14/182

Date: 07 November 1899

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Not recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Does not understand why part three has been submitted now, when part one was published in 1875, when it would have been a valuable addition. At the present time, the paper presents nothing that is new.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 8 November 1899.

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RR/14/182
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07 November 1899
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Letter on paper
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2 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. Part III' by Walter Noel Hartley, 07 November 1899, RR/14/182, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_182/referees-report-by-william-augustus-tilden-on-a-paper-on-the-action-of-heat-on-the-absorption-spectra-an-chemical-constitution-of-saline-substances-part-iii-by-walter-noel-hartley, accessed on 12 January 2025

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