| RefNo | RR/8/116 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'Researches in spectrum analysis in connection with the spectrum of the sun' by Joseph Norman Lockyer |
| Date | 19 March 1878 |
| Description | Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', suggests the Proceedings instead. Considers the paper a 'provisional report', which would benefit from publication without delay. The paper will eventually be superseded by a fuller publication.
Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Astronomy
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1878] |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1878.0011 Vol.27 1878 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/8/114 |
| RR/8/115 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8259 | Maxwell; James Clerk (1831 - 1879); physicist | 1831 - 1879 |
| NA6349 | Lockyer; Sir; Joseph Norman (1836 - 1920) | 1836 - 1920 |