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Referee's report by Robert John Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, on a paper 'The refraction and dispersion of air and dispersion of air for the visible spectrum' by J E Sears and H Barrell

Reference number: RR/65/233

Date: June 1938

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Sectional committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. He has not attempted a detailed examination of the experiment, as it would be labour-intensive. His opinion is based on hgeneral examination only.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1939].

Endorsed on verso as received 8 June 1938.

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RR/65/233
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June 1938
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Robert John Strutt, Referee's report by Robert John Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, on a paper 'The refraction and dispersion of air and dispersion of air for the visible spectrum' by J E Sears and H Barrell, June 1938, RR/65/233, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_65_233/referees-report-by-robert-john-strutt-lord-rayleigh-on-a-paper-the-refraction-and-dispersion-of-air-and-dispersion-of-air-for-the-visible-spectrum-by-j-e-sears-and-h-barrell, accessed on 07 November 2025

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