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Referee's report by Joseph Larmor, on a paper 'Le sage's theory of gravitation and the repulsion of light' by Professor George Howard Darwin

Reference number: RR/16/293

Date: May 1905

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, although it is very long for the results obtained. A suggestion of condensation should be sent to the author.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1905].

Endorsed on verso as received 19 May 1905.

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RR/16/293
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May 1905
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2 pages
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Joseph Larmor, Referee's report by Joseph Larmor, on a paper 'Le sage's theory of gravitation and the repulsion of light' by Professor George Howard Darwin, May 1905, RR/16/293, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_16_293/referees-report-by-joseph-larmor-on-a-paper-le-sages-theory-of-gravitation-and-the-repulsion-of-light-by-professor-george-howard-darwin, accessed on 09 July 2025

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