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Referee's report by Augustus George Vernon Harcourt, on a paper 'An experimental research on some standards of light' by Joseph Ernest Petavel

Reference number: RR/14/224

Date: October 1899

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests omitting some parts, including unsuccessful experiments. Suggests adding an estimation of candle strength and the Violle standard. Finds some of the author's points unclear.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

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

Endorsed on verso as received 6 October 1899.

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RR/14/224
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October 1899
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2 pages
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Augustus George Vernon Harcourt

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Augustus George Vernon Harcourt, Referee's report by Augustus George Vernon Harcourt, on a paper 'An experimental research on some standards of light' by Joseph Ernest Petavel, October 1899, RR/14/224, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_224/referees-report-by-augustus-george-vernon-harcourt-on-a-paper-an-experimental-research-on-some-standards-of-light-by-joseph-ernest-petavel, accessed on 12 January 2025

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