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Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'On the photographic transparency of various bodies, and on the photographic effects of metallic and other spectra obtained by means of the electric spark' by William Allen Miller

Reference number: RR/5/157

Date: 23 August 1862

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The researches are important and provide new information.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1862]

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RR/5/157
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23 August 1862
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Wheatstone

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Charles Wheatstone, Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'On the photographic transparency of various bodies, and on the photographic effects of metallic and other spectra obtained by means of the electric spark' by William Allen Miller, 23 August 1862, RR/5/157, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_157/referees-report-by-charles-wheatstone-on-a-paper-on-the-photographic-transparency-of-various-bodies-and-on-the-photographic-effects-of-metallic-and-other-spectra-obtained-by-means-of-the-electric-spark-by-william-allen-miller, accessed on 14 September 2024

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