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Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'On the series lines in the arc spectrum of Mercury' by John Cunningham McLennan

Reference number: RR/19/84

Date: 1912

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests omitting some or all of the tables.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1912]

No received date.

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RR/19/84
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1912
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Mitchinson Hicks

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William Mitchinson Hicks, Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'On the series lines in the arc spectrum of Mercury' by John Cunningham McLennan, 1912, RR/19/84, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_19_84/referees-report-by-william-mitchinson-hicks-on-a-paper-on-the-series-lines-in-the-arc-spectrum-of-mercury-by-john-cunningham-mclennan, accessed on 22 January 2025

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