Referee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'Remarks on certain points in experiments on the diffraction of light' by Baden Powell
Reference number: RR/2/192
Date: December 1851
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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to Lord Brougham's paper 'Experiments and observations upon the properties of light', Phil. Trans. 1850 [doi:10.1098/rstl.1850.0013 Vol.140, 1850]. Will leave it up to the Committee to decide on whether to publish or not.
Received 29 April 1852.
Subject: Physics and Chemistry
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']
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- RR/2/192
- Earliest possible date
- December 1851
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- Letter on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Referee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'Remarks on certain points in experiments on the diffraction of light' by Baden Powell, December 1851, RR/2/192, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_192/referees-report-by-john-frederick-william-herschel-on-a-paper-remarks-on-certain-points-in-experiments-on-the-diffraction-of-light-by-baden-powell, accessed on 08 November 2024
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