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Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'On luminous efficiency and the mechanical equivalent of light' by Charles V Drysdale

Reference number: RR/17/154

Date: August 1907

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', but only a small portion, with notes on which portions should be included.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 9 August 1907.

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RR/17/154
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August 1907
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2 pages
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Arthur Schuster, Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'On luminous efficiency and the mechanical equivalent of light' by Charles V Drysdale, August 1907, RR/17/154, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_154/referees-report-by-arthur-schuster-on-a-paper-on-luminous-efficiency-and-the-mechanical-equivalent-of-light-by-charles-v-drysdale, accessed on 20 June 2025

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