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Referee's report by James Dewar, on a paper 'Researches on the action of organic substances on the ultra-violet rays of the spectrum' by Walter Noel Hartley and Alfred Kirby Huntington

Reference number: RR/8/161

Date: 18 November 1879

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', suggests publication in the Proceedings. Does not consider papers of 'mere details' to be suitable for the Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

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

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RR/8/161
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18 November 1879
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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James Dewar

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James Dewar, Referee's report by James Dewar, on a paper 'Researches on the action of organic substances on the ultra-violet rays of the spectrum' by Walter Noel Hartley and Alfred Kirby Huntington, 18 November 1879, RR/8/161, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_161/referees-report-by-james-dewar-on-a-paper-researches-on-the-action-of-organic-substances-on-the-ultra-violet-rays-of-the-spectrum-by-walter-noel-hartley-and-alfred-kirby-huntington, accessed on 04 December 2024

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