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Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'Photo-chemical researches.—Part V. On the direct measurement of the chemical action of sunlight' by Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and Henry Enfield Roscoe

Reference number: RR/6/311

Date: 13 January 1863

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No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of John Frederick William Herschel and John William Draper.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/6/311
Earliest possible date
13 January 1863
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

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George Gabriel Stokes

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George Gabriel Stokes, Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'Photo-chemical researches.—Part V. On the direct measurement of the chemical action of sunlight' by Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and Henry Enfield Roscoe, 13 January 1863, RR/6/311, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_311/referees-report-by-george-gabriel-stokes-on-a-paper-photo-chemical-researchespart-v-on-the-direct-measurement-of-the-chemical-action-of-sunlight-by-robert-wilhelm-bunsen-and-henry-enfield-roscoe, accessed on 23 June 2025

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