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Referee's report by Robert Bellamy Clifton, on a paper 'On the spectra of metalloids— Spectrum of Oxygen' by Arthur Schuster

Reference number: RR/8/139

Date: 14 June 1878

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', although can see that it could be printed just as well in the Proceedings. The evidence is strong but inconclusive. The experiments appear to have included some error.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1879]

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RR/8/139
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14 June 1878
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Letter on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Bellamy Clifton

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Robert Bellamy Clifton, Referee's report by Robert Bellamy Clifton, on a paper 'On the spectra of metalloids— Spectrum of Oxygen' by Arthur Schuster, 14 June 1878, RR/8/139, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_139/referees-report-by-robert-bellamy-clifton-on-a-paper-on-the-spectra-of-metalloids-spectrum-of-oxygen-by-arthur-schuster, accessed on 07 December 2024

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