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Comments on the suggested modifications given to him by the referees. It is an 'honour' to be published in Philosophical Transactions and he wishes to make the paper 'as complete as possible'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1876].

Reference number
RR/7/479
Earliest possible date
1876
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from Arthur Schuster, on his paper 'On the nature of the force producing the motion of a body exposed to rays of heat and light' to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 1876, RR/7/479, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_479/letter-from-arthur-schuster-on-his-paper-on-the-nature-of-the-force-producing-the-motion-of-a-body-exposed-to-rays-of-heat-and-light-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 15 November 2025

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