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Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, to William Allen Miller, regarding a paper 'On the chemical intensity of total daylight at Kew and Pará, 1865,1866, and 1867' by Henry Enfield Roscoe

Reference number: RR/6/254

Date: 01 August 1867

Description

Outlines the illustrations and figures in the paper, and suggests that the author be requested to decide on figures to be reduced for publication.

Letter is signed by the Committee in favour of publication:
George Gabriel Stokes
William Hallowes Miller
William Allen Miller
Edward Sabine
William Sharpey

Subject: Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/6/254
Earliest possible date
01 August 1867
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, to William Allen Miller, regarding a paper 'On the chemical intensity of total daylight at Kew and Pará, 1865,1866, and 1867' by Henry Enfield Roscoe, 01 August 1867, RR/6/254, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_254/letter-from-george-gabriel-stokes-to-william-allen-miller-regarding-a-paper-on-the-chemical-intensity-of-total-daylight-at-kew-and-pará-18651866-and-1867-by-henry-enfield-roscoe, accessed on 13 June 2026

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