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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

Reference number: RR/2/190

Date: 21 July 1853

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to Brewster's law of the tangents and Cauchy's Theory of dispersion. Suggests returning paper to the author to clear up difficulties as noted by the reviewer on the manuscript in pencil.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/2/190
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21 July 1853
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Baden Powell

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Baden Powell, 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, 21 July 1853, RR/2/190, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_190/referees-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, accessed on 04 September 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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