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Referee's report by William de Wiveleslie Abney, on a paper 'Total eclipse of the sun, May 28, 1900; Account of the observations made by the solar physics observatory eclipse expedition and the officers and men of H.M.S. "Theseus", at Santa Pola, Spain' by Norman Lockyer

Reference number: RR/15/211

Date: 09 October 1901

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions in full and without modification including all the illustrations. The paper is a continuation of the eclipse reports and the details given should be published. They will be extremely useful for reference for other eclipse expeditions.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1902].

Endorsed on verso as received 10 October 1901.

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William de Wiveleslie Abney, Referee's report by William de Wiveleslie Abney, on a paper 'Total eclipse of the sun, May 28, 1900; Account of the observations made by the solar physics observatory eclipse expedition and the officers and men of H.M.S. "Theseus", at Santa Pola, Spain' by Norman Lockyer, 09 October 1901, RR/15/211, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_15_211/referees-report-by-william-de-wiveleslie-abney-on-a-paper-total-eclipse-of-the-sun-may-28-1900-account-of-the-observations-made-by-the-solar-physics-observatory-eclipse-expedition-and-the-officers-and-men-of-hms-theseus-at-santa-pola-spain-by-norman-lockyer, accessed on 19 March 2025

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