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Referee's report by William Hallowes Miller, on a paper 'On the action of rays of high refrangibility upon gaseous matter' by John Tyndall

Reference number: RR/7/79

Date: 1870

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transaction. The experiment is 'so singular and important'. The paper could be improved by various modifications.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1870].

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RR/7/79
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1870
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Letter on paper
Page extent
10 pages
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Manuscript

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William Hallowes Miller

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William Hallowes Miller, Referee's report by William Hallowes Miller, on a paper 'On the action of rays of high refrangibility upon gaseous matter' by John Tyndall, 1870, RR/7/79, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_79/referees-report-by-william-hallowes-miller-on-a-paper-on-the-action-of-rays-of-high-refrangibility-upon-gaseous-matter-by-john-tyndall, accessed on 19 August 2026

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