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Referee's report by William Huggins, on a paper 'On the influence of the atomic grouping in the molecules of organic bodies on their absorption in the infra-red region of the spectrum' by William de Wiveleslie Abney and Edward Robert Festing

Reference number: RR/8/270

Date: 03 March 1881

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1881]

Reference number
RR/8/270
Earliest possible date
03 March 1881
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Huggins

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William Huggins, Referee's report by William Huggins, on a paper 'On the influence of the atomic grouping in the molecules of organic bodies on their absorption in the infra-red region of the spectrum' by William de Wiveleslie Abney and Edward Robert Festing, 03 March 1881, RR/8/270, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_270/referees-report-by-william-huggins-on-a-paper-on-the-influence-of-the-atomic-grouping-in-the-molecules-of-organic-bodies-on-their-absorption-in-the-infra-red-region-of-the-spectrum-by-william-de-wiveleslie-abney-and-edward-robert-festing, accessed on 15 February 2025

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