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A Google search shows that the year of publication may be 1879 or 1876,
instead of 1880.

Lord Rayleigh, Investigations in optics with special reference to the
spectroscope, Phil. Mag. 8, 261-274 (1879)

Lord Rayleigh, Philosophical Magazine 8 (1876) 261-274.

Gary

On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 9:01 AM, gradice <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Guy,
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> Try this:  Google books has a scanned copy of his collected works, and it
is there.
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> http://tinyurl.com/254u4w8
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> Gary Radice
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> On Nov 7, 2010, at 7:50 AM, Guy Cox wrote:
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>> OK, Wikipedia had links to a Cambridge University Press bibliography,
>> published in 1899.
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>> http://www.archive.org/details/scientificpaper01raylgoog
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>> This led me to that reference.  But the  Phil Mag archives for 1880
>> showed no trace of Rayleigh.
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>> Dear Guy--
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>> On 11/7/2010 6:33 AM, Guy Cox wrote:
>>> I am trying to trace Rayleigh's original resolution publication.   The
>>> reference I have is:
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>>> Investigations in optics with special reference to the spectroscope.
>> 1.
>>> Resolution or separating power of optical instruments.  Phil Mag 8.
>>> 261-274, 1880
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>>> The problem is that when I go to the Phil Mag archives it isn't there!
>>> Can any historically-minded list members help?
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>> To help avoid false leads, where did you find that citation?
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