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Reference numberRR/12/255
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story Maskelyne, on two papers 'An instrument for grinding section-plates and prisms of crystals of artificial preparations accurately in the desired directions' and 'An Instrument of precision for producing monochromatic light of any desired wave-length, and its use in the investigation of the optical properties of crystals' by Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton
Datend [1894]
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to the Fuess Goniometer. The new apparatus is over-elaborately described, and new uses not fully alluded to. Refers to work of Alfred Des Cloizeaux. Discusses the terminology used. Suggests the author give the composition of the cementing material.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Applied Sciences, Crystallography

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1894]
Extent14p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rsta.1894.0014 Vol.185 1894
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1894.0015 Vol.185 1894
Related records in the catalogueRR/12/253
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6363Story-Maskelyne; Mervyn Herbert Nevil (1823 - 1911)1823 - 1911
NA6146Tutton; Alfred Edwin Howard (1864 - 1938); crystallographer1864 - 1938
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