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RefNoRR/8/217
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Henry Clifton Sorby, on the Bakerian Lecture 'On photographic method of mapping the least refrangible end of the solar spectrum' by William de Wiveleslie Abney
Date28 January 1880
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Does not know why he has been asked to referee as he does not know much about photography, and as such asks that not too much importance be placed on his opinion.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1880]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1880.0017 Vol.171 1880
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA715Sorby; Henry Clifton (1826 - 1908)1826 - 1908
NA6454Abney; Sir; William de Wiveleslie (1843 - 1920)1843 - 1920
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