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Referee's report by John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, on a paper 'On the electrical resistance of thin liquid films, with a revision of Newton’s table of colours' by Arnold William Reinold and Arthur William Rucker

Reference number: RR/8/336

Date: 27 April 1881

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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]

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RR/8/336
Earliest possible date
27 April 1881
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John William Strutt

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John William Strutt, Referee's report by John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, on a paper 'On the electrical resistance of thin liquid films, with a revision of Newton’s table of colours' by Arnold William Reinold and Arthur William Rucker, 27 April 1881, RR/8/336, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_336/referees-report-by-john-william-strutt-lord-rayleigh-on-a-paper-on-the-electrical-resistance-of-thin-liquid-films-with-a-revision-of-newtons-table-of-colours-by-arnold-william-reinold-and-arthur-william-rucker, accessed on 19 January 2025

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