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Referee's report by Frank Watson Dyson, on a paper 'A study of the use of photographic plates for the recording of position' by Charles Edward Kenneth Mees

Reference number: RR/17/422

Date: May 1909

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Sectional committee: Physics and chemistry

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, as 'work on this subject is very much needed'.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 28 May 1909.

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RR/17/422
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May 1909
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4 pages
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Frank Watson Dyson

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Frank Watson Dyson, Referee's report by Frank Watson Dyson, on a paper 'A study of the use of photographic plates for the recording of position' by Charles Edward Kenneth Mees, May 1909, RR/17/422, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_422/referees-report-by-frank-watson-dyson-on-a-paper-a-study-of-the-use-of-photographic-plates-for-the-recording-of-position-by-charles-edward-kenneth-mees, accessed on 17 May 2025

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