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Referee's report by Robert Bellamy Clifton, on a paper 'Researches in spectrum-analysis in connection with the spectrum of the sun - No. III' by Joseph Norman Lockyer

Reference number: RR/7/313

Date: 07 March 1874

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Referee feels he cannot offer a definitive opinion on whether the paper should be published in Philosophical Transactions or not. Believes that the most important aspects of the paper have already been published in the abstract, which has already been published in the Proceedings.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1874].

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RR/7/313
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07 March 1874
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Letter on paper
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6 pages
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Robert Bellamy Clifton, Referee's report by Robert Bellamy Clifton, on a paper 'Researches in spectrum-analysis in connection with the spectrum of the sun - No. III' by Joseph Norman Lockyer, 07 March 1874, RR/7/313, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_313/referees-report-by-robert-bellamy-clifton-on-a-paper-researches-in-spectrum-analysis-in-connection-with-the-spectrum-of-the-sun-no-iii-by-joseph-norman-lockyer, accessed on 15 May 2025

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