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Referee's report by Arthur Stanley Eddington, on a paper 'On the nature and amount of the gravitational deflection of light' by Joseph Larmor

Reference number: RR/27/105

Date: 11 November 1922

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Second referee's report.

Sectional committee: [Physics]

Referee has changed his mind and now recommends the paper for publication in Proceedings. It should be modified to meet Proceedings-specifications.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 15 November 1922.

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RR/27/105
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11 November 1922
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Standardised form (type D), two letters on paper and report on paper
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9 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur Stanley Eddington

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Arthur Stanley Eddington, Referee's report by Arthur Stanley Eddington, on a paper 'On the nature and amount of the gravitational deflection of light' by Joseph Larmor, 11 November 1922, RR/27/105, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_27_105/referees-report-by-arthur-stanley-eddington-on-a-paper-on-the-nature-and-amount-of-the-gravitational-deflection-of-light-by-joseph-larmor, accessed on 14 May 2025

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