Record

RefNoRR/8/255
LevelItem
TitleSecond referee's report by Henry Clifton Sorby, on a paper 'Microscopical researches in high power definition' by George West Royston-Pigott
Date5 August 1880
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society' if the observations are new, or the Proceedings if they are not. Refers to work of Lionel Smith Beale. Does not think the paper meets all the difficulties of the question. Is unable to refer to the author's writings on the microscopic scale.

Subject: Applied Sciences, Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1881]
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
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
NA715Sorby; Henry Clifton (1826 - 1908)1826 - 1908
NA5544Royston-Pigott; George West (? 1817 - 1889)? 1817 - 1889
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