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Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'On spectra of electric of light, as modified by the nature of the electrodes and the media of discharge' by Thomas Romney Robinson

Reference number: RR/5/220

Date: 22 October 1862

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

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

Reference number
RR/5/220
Earliest possible date
22 October 1862
Physical description
Letter on paper
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3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Charles Wheatstone

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Charles Wheatstone, Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'On spectra of electric of light, as modified by the nature of the electrodes and the media of discharge' by Thomas Romney Robinson, 22 October 1862, RR/5/220, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_220/referees-report-by-charles-wheatstone-on-a-paper-on-spectra-of-electric-of-light-as-modified-by-the-nature-of-the-electrodes-and-the-media-of-discharge-by-thomas-romney-robinson, accessed on 14 January 2025

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