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Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes [attributed], on a paper 'On the spectra of some of the fixed stars' by William Huggins and William Allen Miller

Reference number: RR/6/147

Date: 1864

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No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work by Joseph von Fraunhofer, Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff.

Subject: Mathematics, Astronomy

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/6/147
Earliest possible date
1864
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Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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George Gabriel Stokes

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George Gabriel Stokes, Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes [attributed], on a paper 'On the spectra of some of the fixed stars' by William Huggins and William Allen Miller, 1864, RR/6/147, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_147/referees-report-by-george-gabriel-stokes-attributed-on-a-paper-on-the-spectra-of-some-of-the-fixed-stars-by-william-huggins-and-william-allen-miller, accessed on 15 October 2024

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