Letter from Warren De La Rue, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'Researches on solar physics. Heliographical positions and areas of sun-spots observed with the Kew photoheliograph during the years 1862 and 1863' by Warren De La Rue, Balfour Stewart and Benjamin Loewy

Reference number: RR/6/103

Date: 05 December 1868

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Has communicated with the other authors regarding the referee's reports from John Frederick William Herschel [RR/6/101] and William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin [?], and is willing to take their recommendations on board. Refers to work of Richard Christopher Carrington.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Astronomy

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number: RR/6/103
Earliest possible date: 05 December 1868
Physical description: Letter on paper
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Letter from Warren De La Rue, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'Researches on solar physics. Heliographical positions and areas of sun-spots observed with the Kew photoheliograph during the years 1862 and 1863' by Warren De La Rue, Balfour Stewart and Benjamin Loewy, 05 December 1868, RR/6/103, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_103/letter-from-warren-de-la-rue-to-george-gabriel-stokes-regarding-a-paper-researches-on-solar-physics-heliographical-positions-and-areas-of-sun-spots-observed-with-the-kew-photoheliograph-during-the-years-1862-and-1863-by-warren-de-la-rue-balfour-stewart-and-benjamin-loewy, accessed on 11 September 2024

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I. Researches on solar physics. Heliographical positions and areas of sun-spots observed with the Kew photoheliograph during the years 1862 and 1863 External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1869

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1869.0001

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Referee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'Researches on solar physics. Heliographical positions and areas of sun-spots observed with the Kew photoheliograph during the years 1862 and 1863' by Warren De La Rue, Balfour Stewart and Benjamin Loewy
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: RR/6/101
Referee's report by John Phillips, on a paper 'Researches on solar physics. Heliographical positions and areas of sun-spots observed with the Kew photoheliograph during the years 1862 and 1863' by Warren De La Rue, Balfour Stewart and Benjamin Loewy
Creator: John Phillips Reference number: RR/6/102
Second referee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'Researches on solar physics. Heliographical positions and areas of sun-spots observed with the Kew photoheliograph during the years 1862 and 1863' by Warren De La Rue, Balfour Stewart and Benjamin Loewy
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: RR/6/146
Referee's report by William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, on a paper 'On a method of making a direct comparison of electrostatic with electromagnetic force; with a note on the electromagnetic theory of light' by James Clerk Maxwell, and 'Researches on solar physics. Heliographical positions and areas of sun-spots observed with the Kew photoheliograph during the years 1862 and 1863' by Warren De La Rue, Balfour Stewart and Benjamin Loewy
Creator: William Thomson Reference number: RR/6/181

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Referees' reports: volume 6, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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