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Referee's report by William de Wiveleslie Abney, on a paper 'An experimental research on some standards of light' by Joseph Ernest Petavel

Reference number: RR/14/223

Date: 25 September 1899

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Recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. The illustrations, but not the photographs, should be reduced in scale.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on verso as received 27 September 1899.

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RR/14/223
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25 September 1899
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Standardised form (type A)
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2 pages
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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 'An experimental research on some standards of light' by Joseph Ernest Petavel, 25 September 1899, RR/14/223, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_223/referees-report-by-william-de-wiveleslie-abney-on-a-paper-an-experimental-research-on-some-standards-of-light-by-joseph-ernest-petavel, accessed on 08 June 2026

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