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Letter from Joseph Norman Lockyer, on his paper 'On the most widened lines in sun sport spectra' to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/9/225

Date: 23 June 1884

Description

Did not want to bother the Secretary, as he heard he has suffered 'a sad loss' and offers his condolences. Has heard that a referee wishes the tables to published alongside the paper, but he used them 'merely for reference'.

Subject: Astronomy

[Not published].

Reference number
RR/9/225
Earliest possible date
23 June 1884
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from Joseph Norman Lockyer, on his paper 'On the most widened lines in sun sport spectra' to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 23 June 1884, RR/9/225, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_225/letter-from-joseph-norman-lockyer-on-his-paper-on-the-most-widened-lines-in-sun-sport-spectra-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 04 December 2024

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