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Referee's report by William Allen Miller, on a paper 'On the influence of temperature on the refraction of light' by John Hall Gladstone and T P Dale

Reference number: RR/3/86

Date: 30 August 1858

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Recommends paper to be published in [Philosophical] Transactions. The paper points out a doubt which Miller entertains respecting a certain numerical addition.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1858]

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RR/3/86
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30 August 1858
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Manuscript

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William Allen Miller

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William Allen Miller, Referee's report by William Allen Miller, on a paper 'On the influence of temperature on the refraction of light' by John Hall Gladstone and T P Dale, 30 August 1858, RR/3/86, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_86/referees-report-by-william-allen-miller-on-a-paper-on-the-influence-of-temperature-on-the-refraction-of-light-by-john-hall-gladstone-and-t-p-dale, accessed on 14 March 2026

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