Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The action of light on selenium' by W G Adams
Reference number: RR/7/359
Date: 09 October 1875
Description
Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Although the experiments have been 'numerous, they do not add a great deal to what was already known on the subject'.
Subject: Physics
[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1877].
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- RR/7/359
- Earliest possible date
- 09 October 1875
- Physical description
- Letter on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
- Related authors
- Adams; William Grylls (1836-1915); physicist and astronomer
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George Carey Foster, Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The action of light on selenium' by W G Adams, 09 October 1875, RR/7/359, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_359/referees-report-by-george-carey-foster-on-a-paper-the-action-of-light-on-selenium-by-w-g-adams, accessed on 15 March 2025
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IX. The action of light on selenium External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1877
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1877.0009
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Referee's report by Henry Enfield Roscoe, on a paper 'The action of light on selenium' by W G Adams
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