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Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'On the scattering and absorption of light in gaseous media, with applications to the intensity of sky radiation' by Louis Vessot King

Reference number: RR/19/75

Date: July 1912

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Considers the paper unclear in parts as regards terminology. Suggests reducing the size of the plates. The methods introduced are valuable and will likely be expanded upon in future.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1913]

Endorsed on verso as received 3 July 1912.

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RR/19/75
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July 1912
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2 pages
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Arthur Schuster, Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'On the scattering and absorption of light in gaseous media, with applications to the intensity of sky radiation' by Louis Vessot King, July 1912, RR/19/75, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_19_75/referees-report-by-arthur-schuster-on-a-paper-on-the-scattering-and-absorption-of-light-in-gaseous-media-with-applications-to-the-intensity-of-sky-radiation-by-louis-vessot-king, accessed on 15 November 2025

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