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Referee's report by William Augustus Tilden, on a paper 'On the refractive indices of gaseous potassium, zinc, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, selenium and tellurium' by Clive Cuthbertson and E Parr Metcalfe

Reference number: RR/17/21

Date: 05 December 1906

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. No modification necessary.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 6 December 1906.

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RR/17/21
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05 December 1906
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Augustus Tilden

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William Augustus Tilden, Referee's report by William Augustus Tilden, on a paper 'On the refractive indices of gaseous potassium, zinc, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, selenium and tellurium' by Clive Cuthbertson and E Parr Metcalfe, 05 December 1906, RR/17/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_21/referees-report-by-william-augustus-tilden-on-a-paper-on-the-refractive-indices-of-gaseous-potassium-zinc-cadmium-mercury-arsenic-selenium-and-tellurium-by-clive-cuthbertson-and-e-parr-metcalfe, accessed on 11 November 2025

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