| Reference number | RR/14/41 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by Joseph John Thomson, on a paper 'An extension of Maxwell's electro-magnetic theory of light to include dispersion, metallic reflection, and allied phenomena' by Edwin Edser |
| Date | 7 March 1898 |
| Description | Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, who previously gave a different method of calculation. The method proposed by the current paper is not sufficiently different to warrant publication.
Subject: Mathematics
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']
Endorsed on verso as received 8 March 1898. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1898.0015 Vol.63 1898 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/14/40 |
| RR/14/42 |
| RR/14/43 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8288 | Thomson; Sir; Joseph John (1856 - 1940); physicist | 1856 - 1940 |