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Referee's report by William Huggins, on an addendum to the paper 'Spectroscopic observations of the sun.—No. II' by Joseph Norman Lockyer

Reference number: RR/6/167

Date: 19 April 1869

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests it be published with the author's second paper on the sun. Is not sure if it is 'considered desirable to give extended historical notices in the Phil. Trans.'. [Short paper entitled 'Historical notice of the growth of our knowledge of the chronosphere'.]

Subject: Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/6/167
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19 April 1869
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Huggins

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William Huggins, Referee's report by William Huggins, on an addendum to the paper 'Spectroscopic observations of the sun.—No. II' by Joseph Norman Lockyer, 19 April 1869, RR/6/167, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_167/referees-report-by-william-huggins-on-an-addendum-to-the-paper-spectroscopic-observations-of-the-sunno-ii-by-joseph-norman-lockyer, accessed on 11 September 2024

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