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Reference numberRR/14/42
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by George Francis Fitzgerald, on a paper 'An extension of Maxwell's electro-magnetic theory of light to include dispersion, metallic reflection, and allied phenomena' by Edwin Edser
Date17 March 1898
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Has trouble making a decision on the paper. If the other referee advises publication, will agree with that, but also can find against the paper, as the author himself admits it is not a great advance of knowledge. Refers to work of Joseph Larmor.

Subject: Mathematics

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

Endorsed on verso as received 18 March 1898.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1898.0015 Vol.63 1898
Related records in the catalogueRR/14/40
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA7971Fitzgerald; George Francis (1851 - 1901)1851 - 1901
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