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Referee's report by William Davidson Niven, on a paper 'The dispersion of double refraction in relation to crystal structure' by Thomas Henry Havelock

Reference number: RR/17/177

Date: 22 July 1907

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests the author add some clarity to result nine.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 23 July 1907.

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RR/17/177
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22 July 1907
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2 pages
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William Davidson Niven, Referee's report by William Davidson Niven, on a paper 'The dispersion of double refraction in relation to crystal structure' by Thomas Henry Havelock, 22 July 1907, RR/17/177, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_177/referees-report-by-william-davidson-niven-on-a-paper-the-dispersion-of-double-refraction-in-relation-to-crystal-structure-by-thomas-henry-havelock, accessed on 07 March 2026

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