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Referee's report by Francis Robert Japp, 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/14/183

Date: 20 November 1899

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Declines to act as referee. Does not consider himself a specialist on the subject. Is a member of the British Association Committee on Absorption Spectra, but only as an advisory role regarding the preparation of organic compounds.

Note by George Carey Foster recommends the author be asked to withdraw the paper, as suggested by Arthur William Rucker on 14 November.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 21 November 1899.

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RR/14/183
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20 November 1899
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Francis Robert Japp, Referee's report by Francis Robert Japp, on a paper 'On the action of heat on the absorption-spectra an chemical constitution of saline substances. Part III' by Walter Noel Hartley, 20 November 1899, RR/14/183, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_183/referees-report-by-francis-robert-japp-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 14 February 2025

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