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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as it contains experiments which are 'so important'. Suggest modifications which should be adopted by the author before publication.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1876].

Reference number
RR/7/478
Earliest possible date
1876
Physical description
Report on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

James Clerk Maxwell

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James Clerk Maxwell, Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On the nature of the force producing the motion of a body exposed to rays of heat and light' by Arthur Schuster, 1876, RR/7/478, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_478/referees-report-by-james-clerk-maxwell-on-a-paper-on-the-nature-of-the-force-producing-the-motion-of-a-body-exposed-to-rays-of-heat-and-light-by-arthur-schuster, accessed on 06 December 2025

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