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Referee's report by William Huggins, on a paper 'Determinations of wave-length from spectra obtained at the total solar eclipses of 1900, 1901 and 1905' by Frank Watson Dyson

Reference number: RR/17/31

Date: May 1906

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The photographic spectra should be printed.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 17 May 1906.

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RR/17/31
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May 1906
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2 pages
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William Huggins, Referee's report by William Huggins, on a paper 'Determinations of wave-length from spectra obtained at the total solar eclipses of 1900, 1901 and 1905' by Frank Watson Dyson, May 1906, RR/17/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_31/referees-report-by-william-huggins-on-a-paper-determinations-of-wave-length-from-spectra-obtained-at-the-total-solar-eclipses-of-1900-1901-and-1905-by-frank-watson-dyson, accessed on 16 November 2025

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