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Referee's report by William de Wiveleslie Abney, on a paper 'On the relative visibility of the different colours of the spectrum' by The Physical Society of Glasgow University

Reference number: RR/19/53

Date: 25 October 1912

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Is reluctant in his opinion as the students have taken 'great pains' in their research. Suggests the paper is more suited to a college magazine.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 26 October 1912.

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RR/19/53
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25 October 1912
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4 pages
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William de Wiveleslie Abney, Referee's report by William de Wiveleslie Abney, on a paper 'On the relative visibility of the different colours of the spectrum' by The Physical Society of Glasgow University, 25 October 1912, RR/19/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_19_53/referees-report-by-william-de-wiveleslie-abney-on-a-paper-on-the-relative-visibility-of-the-different-colours-of-the-spectrum-by-the-physical-society-of-glasgow-university, accessed on 07 February 2026

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