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Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin on a paper 'Researches on solar physics - No. II. The positions and areas of the spots observed at Kew during the years 1864, 1865, 1866, also the spotted area the sun's visible disk from the commencement of 1832 up to May 1868' by Warren De La Rue, Balfour Stewart and Benjamin Loewy

Reference number: RR/7/28

Date: 11 June 1870

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is 'valuable and interesting'.

Subject: Astronomy/Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1870].

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RR/7/28
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11 June 1870
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Letter on paper
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12 pages
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Manuscript

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William Thomson

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William Thomson, Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin on a paper 'Researches on solar physics - No. II. The positions and areas of the spots observed at Kew during the years 1864, 1865, 1866, also the spotted area the sun's visible disk from the commencement of 1832 up to May 1868' by Warren De La Rue, Balfour Stewart and Benjamin Loewy, 11 June 1870, RR/7/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_28/referees-report-by-william-thomson-lord-kelvin-on-a-paper-researches-on-solar-physics-no-ii-the-positions-and-areas-of-the-spots-observed-at-kew-during-the-years-1864-1865-1866-also-the-spotted-area-the-suns-visible-disk-from-the-commencement-of-1832-up-to-may-1868-by-warren-de-la-rue-balfour-stewart-and-benjamin-loewy, accessed on 03 December 2024

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