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Referee's report by Henry Enfield Roscoe and Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On actinometrical observations, made in India at Mussooree and Dehra in October and November, 1879' by John Baboneau Nickterlien Hennessey

Reference number: RR/8/226

Date: 08 June 1880

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Recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. The paper indicates the beginnings of a new area of study rather than the continuation of an established subject. The tables should be given in full.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Meteorology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1881]

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RR/8/226
Earliest possible date
08 June 1880
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
8 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Enfield Roscoe

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Balfour Stewart

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Henry Enfield Roscoe, Balfour Stewart, Referee's report by Henry Enfield Roscoe and Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On actinometrical observations, made in India at Mussooree and Dehra in October and November, 1879' by John Baboneau Nickterlien Hennessey, 08 June 1880, RR/8/226, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_226/referees-report-by-henry-enfield-roscoe-and-balfour-stewart-on-a-paper-on-actinometrical-observations-made-in-india-at-mussooree-and-dehra-in-october-and-november-1879-by-john-baboneau-nickterlien-hennessey, accessed on 19 March 2025

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