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Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'Researches in spectrum-analysis in connexion with the spectrum of the sun.— No. V' by Joseph Norman Lockyer

Reference number: RR/8/117

Date: 01 June 1878

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No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Has great hesitation in giving an opinion, owing to 'complete ignorance of the subject'.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Astronomy

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1881]

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RR/8/117
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01 June 1878
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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James Clerk Maxwell

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James Clerk Maxwell, Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'Researches in spectrum-analysis in connexion with the spectrum of the sun.— No. V' by Joseph Norman Lockyer, 01 June 1878, RR/8/117, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_117/referees-report-by-james-clerk-maxwell-on-a-paper-researches-in-spectrum-analysis-in-connexion-with-the-spectrum-of-the-sun-no-v-by-joseph-norman-lockyer, accessed on 13 July 2025

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