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RefNoRR/8/201
LevelItem
TitleLetter from George Gabriel Stokes, to George West Royston-Pigott, regarding a paper 'Microscopical researches in high power definition' by George West Royston-Pigott
Date31 October 1879
DescriptionThe paper has been before the Committee of Papers, and the decision made not to publish in the Philosophical Transactions, with decision to publish in the Proceedings to be made. The second part of the paper did not discuss the advances made in recent years in Germany. The tone of the paper might be changed to be less personable, and some of the illustrations omitted.

Subject: Applied Sciences, Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1881]
Extent2p
FormatTypescript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1880.0026 Vol.31 1881
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903)1819 - 1903
NA5544Royston-Pigott; George West (? 1817 - 1889)? 1817 - 1889
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