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Referee's report by Horace Lamb, on a paper 'On the total reflexion of light' by Arthur Schuster

Reference number: RR/31/60

Date: 27 October 1924

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Finds the paper difficult to report on. Suggests the figures require further explanation.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1925]

Endorsed on verso as received 28 October 1924.

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RR/31/60
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27 October 1924
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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Horace Lamb

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Horace Lamb, Referee's report by Horace Lamb, on a paper 'On the total reflexion of light' by Arthur Schuster, 27 October 1924, RR/31/60, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_31_60/referees-report-by-horace-lamb-on-a-paper-on-the-total-reflexion-of-light-by-arthur-schuster, accessed on 04 December 2025

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