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Referee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'On the amount of the radiation of heat, at night, from the earth, and from various bodies placed on or near the surface of the earth' by James Glaisher

Reference number: RR/1/75

Date: 1847

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1847].

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RR/1/75
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1847
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Report on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Referee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'On the amount of the radiation of heat, at night, from the earth, and from various bodies placed on or near the surface of the earth' by James Glaisher, 1847, RR/1/75, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_75/referees-report-by-john-frederick-william-herschel-on-a-paper-on-the-amount-of-the-radiation-of-heat-at-night-from-the-earth-and-from-various-bodies-placed-on-or-near-the-surface-of-the-earth-by-james-glaisher, accessed on 21 January 2025

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