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Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'Contributions to molecular physics in high vacua. Magnetic deflection of molecular trajectory. - Laws of magnetic rotation in high and low vacua. - Phosphorogenic properties of molecular discharge' by William Crookes

Reference number: RR/8/152

Date: 22 April 1879

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper is a sequel to the paper on the Bakerian Lecture [RR/8/151]. Has sent some remarks to the author, including the suggestion of a further clarifying experiment.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1879]

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RR/8/152
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22 April 1879
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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George Gabriel Stokes

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George Gabriel Stokes, Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'Contributions to molecular physics in high vacua. Magnetic deflection of molecular trajectory. - Laws of magnetic rotation in high and low vacua. - Phosphorogenic properties of molecular discharge' by William Crookes, 22 April 1879, RR/8/152, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_152/referees-report-by-george-gabriel-stokes-on-a-paper-contributions-to-molecular-physics-in-high-vacua-magnetic-deflection-of-molecular-trajectory-laws-of-magnetic-rotation-in-high-and-low-vacua-phosphorogenic-properties-of-molecular-discharge-by-william-crookes, accessed on 12 October 2024

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