Referee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'On the change of refrangibility of light' by George Gabriel Stokes
Reference number: RR/2/230
Date: 21 June 1852

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work by Brüder [?] [Philosophical Magazine, Vol.33, p.281]. Suggests the paper be published in full, complete with extensive index. Reviewer has no issue with the review being sent to the author. Notes in postscript that his own experimental results had come close to those of Stokes.
Subject: Physics and Chemistry
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]
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- RR/2/230
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- 21 June 1852
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- Letter on paper
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- 8 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Referee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'On the change of refrangibility of light' by George Gabriel Stokes, 21 June 1852, RR/2/230, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_230/referees-report-by-john-frederick-william-herschel-on-a-paper-on-the-change-of-refrangibility-of-light-by-george-gabriel-stokes, accessed on 11 February 2025
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XXX. On the change of refrangibility of light External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1852
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1852.0022
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