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Referee's report by Warren De La Rue, on a paper 'On the atmospheric lines of the solar spectrum, illustrated by a map drawn on the same scale as that adopted by Kirchhoff' by John Baboneau Nickterlien Hennessey

Reference number: RR/7/381

Date: 15 February 1875

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It contains 'very beautiful maps', which 'bear evidence of the accuracy of his observations'.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1875].

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RR/7/381
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15 February 1875
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Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Warren de la Rue

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Warren de la Rue, Referee's report by Warren De La Rue, on a paper 'On the atmospheric lines of the solar spectrum, illustrated by a map drawn on the same scale as that adopted by Kirchhoff' by John Baboneau Nickterlien Hennessey, 15 February 1875, RR/7/381, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_381/referees-report-by-warren-de-la-rue-on-a-paper-on-the-atmospheric-lines-of-the-solar-spectrum-illustrated-by-a-map-drawn-on-the-same-scale-as-that-adopted-by-kirchhoff-by-john-baboneau-nickterlien-hennessey, accessed on 24 March 2025

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