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Referee's report by John Hopkinson, on a paper 'Double refraction and dispersion in Iceland Spar: an experimental investigation, with a comparison with Huyghen’s construction for the extraordinary wave' by Richard Tetley Glazebrook

Reference number: RR/8/98

Date: 20 November 1879

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper contains enough detailed results for the reader to form their own opinion on the conclusions.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1880]

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RR/8/98
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20 November 1879
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Hopkinson, Referee's report by John Hopkinson, on a paper 'Double refraction and dispersion in Iceland Spar: an experimental investigation, with a comparison with Huyghen’s construction for the extraordinary wave' by Richard Tetley Glazebrook, 20 November 1879, RR/8/98, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_98/referees-report-by-john-hopkinson-on-a-paper-double-refraction-and-dispersion-in-iceland-spar-an-experimental-investigation-with-a-comparison-with-huyghens-construction-for-the-extraordinary-wave-by-richard-tetley-glazebrook, accessed on 13 December 2024

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