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Referee's report by William Henry Fox Talbot, on a paper 'On the connection between the phenomena of the absorption of light, and the colours of thin plates' by David Brewster

Reference number: RR/1/32

Date: 22 June 1837

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, it is full of 'great interest and novelty'.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1837].

Reference number
RR/1/32
Earliest possible date
22 June 1837
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Henry Fox Talbot

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William Henry Fox Talbot, Referee's report by William Henry Fox Talbot, on a paper 'On the connection between the phenomena of the absorption of light, and the colours of thin plates' by David Brewster, 22 June 1837, RR/1/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_32/referees-report-by-william-henry-fox-talbot-on-a-paper-on-the-connection-between-the-phenomena-of-the-absorption-of-light-and-the-colours-of-thin-plates-by-david-brewster, accessed on 06 December 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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