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Referee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'Further experiments on light' by Henry Lord Brougham

Reference number: RR/2/37

Date: 01 November 1852

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Reviewer has also been sent the reports on this paper on undulatory theory by George Gabriel Stokes [RR/2/35] and George Biddell Airy [RR/2/36], both of which he agrees with.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London]

Reference number
RR/2/37
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01 November 1852
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Referee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'Further experiments on light' by Henry Lord Brougham, 01 November 1852, RR/2/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_37/referees-report-by-john-frederick-william-herschel-on-a-paper-further-experiments-on-light-by-henry-lord-brougham, accessed on 06 December 2024

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