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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests adding a short description of the spectroscope used. Refers to work by John Herschel, Storey [?] and Warren De La Rue.

Subject: Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/6/163
Earliest possible date
04 December 1868
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Huggins

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William Huggins, Referee's report by William Huggins, on a paper 'Spectroscopic observations of the sun.—No. II' by Joseph Norman Lockyer, 04 December 1868, RR/6/163, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_163/referees-report-by-william-huggins-on-a-paper-spectroscopic-observations-of-the-sunno-ii-by-joseph-norman-lockyer, accessed on 13 December 2024

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