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Referee's report by John Tyndall, on an appendix of the paper 'On the theory of compound colours, and the relations of the colours of the spectrum' by James Clerk Maxwell

Reference number: RR/4/181

Date: 10 May 1860

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1859].

Reference number
RR/4/181
Earliest possible date
10 May 1860
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Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Tyndall

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John Tyndall, Referee's report by John Tyndall, on an appendix of the paper 'On the theory of compound colours, and the relations of the colours of the spectrum' by James Clerk Maxwell, 10 May 1860, RR/4/181, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_181/referees-report-by-john-tyndall-on-an-appendix-of-the-paper-on-the-theory-of-compound-colours-and-the-relations-of-the-colours-of-the-spectrum-by-james-clerk-maxwell, accessed on 03 December 2024

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