Referee's report by William Hopkins, on a paper 'Theory of the reciprocal action between the solar rays and the different media by which they are reflected, refracted, or absorbed; in the course of which various optical laws and phenomena are elucidated and explained' by Joseph Power
Reference number: RR/2/189
Date: 1853
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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Augustin-Louis Cauchy and Green [?] and the Law of Resonance [?].
Subject: Physics and Chemistry
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- 1853
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William Hopkins, Referee's report by William Hopkins, on a paper 'Theory of the reciprocal action between the solar rays and the different media by which they are reflected, refracted, or absorbed; in the course of which various optical laws and phenomena are elucidated and explained' by Joseph Power, 1853, RR/2/189, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_189/referees-report-by-william-hopkins-on-a-paper-theory-of-the-reciprocal-action-between-the-solar-rays-and-the-different-media-by-which-they-are-reflected-refracted-or-absorbed-in-the-course-of-which-various-optical-laws-and-phenomena-are-elucidated-and-explained-by-joseph-power, accessed on 25 March 2025
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Date: 31st December 1854
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1854.0003
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Referee's report by Baden Powell, on a paper 'Theory of the reciprocal action between the solar rays and the different media by which they are reflected, refracted, or absorbed; in the course of which various optical laws and phenomena are elucidated and explained' by Joseph Power
Creator: Baden Powell Reference number: RR/2/190
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