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Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Researches on the action of organic substances on the ultra-violet rays of the spectrum. Part III. On examination of essential oils' by Walter Noel Hartley and A K Huntington

Reference number: RR/8/225

Date: 02 March 1881

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The diagrams could not be conveniently given in the Proceedings.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

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

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RR/8/225
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02 March 1881
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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George Carey Foster

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George Carey Foster, Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Researches on the action of organic substances on the ultra-violet rays of the spectrum. Part III. On examination of essential oils' by Walter Noel Hartley and A K Huntington, 02 March 1881, RR/8/225, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_225/referees-report-by-george-carey-foster-on-a-paper-researches-on-the-action-of-organic-substances-on-the-ultra-violet-rays-of-the-spectrum-part-iii-on-examination-of-essential-oils-by-walter-noel-hartley-and-a-k-huntington, accessed on 22 July 2026

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