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Reference numberRR/14/224
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Augustus George Vernon Harcourt, on a paper 'An experimental research on some standards of light' by Joseph Ernest Petavel
Datend [October 1899]
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests omitting some parts, including unsuccessful experiments. Suggests adding an estimation of candle strength and the Violle standard. Finds some of the author's points unclear.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on verso as received 6 October 1899.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionStandardised form (type A)
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1899.0060 Vol.65 1900
Related records in the catalogueRR/14/223
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8233Harcourt; Augustus George Vernon (1834 - 1919)1834 - 1919
NA8267Petavel; Sir; Joseph Ernest (1873 - 1936); engineer and physicist1873 - 1936
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