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RefNoRR/2/190
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Baden Powell, on a paper 'Theory of the reciprocal action between the solar rays and the different media by which they are reflected, refracted, or absorbed; in the course of which various optical laws and phenomena are elucidated and explained' by Joseph Power
Date21 July 1853
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to Brewster's law of the tangents and Cauchy's Theory of dispersion. Suggests returning paper to the author to clear up difficulties as noted by the reviewer on the manuscript in pencil.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1854.0003 Vol.144 1854
RelatedRecordPT.48.2
RR/2/189
PT/48/2
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5476Powell; Baden (1796 - 1860)1796 - 1860
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