| Reference number | RR/47/32 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by James Hopwood Jeans, on a paper 'Theory of electric charge' by Arthur Stanley Eddington |
| Date | 15 April 1932 |
| Description | Sectional committee: Mathematics
He doesn't feel too favourable about the paper and doesn't undertand the Tensor calculus well enough to give an opinion. It is the author's 'third or fourth shot at this problem', as early ones were erroneous and it 'seems to get more complicated rather than more simple at each successive attempt'. A report from Dirac should be sought. The paper will probably be suitable for publication.
[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1932].
Endorsed on verso as received 16 June 1932. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Typescript |
| Manuscript |
| Physical description | Standardised form (type D), note on paper and letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1932.0168 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/47/31 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA1226 | Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician | 1877 - 1946 |
| NA8211 | Eddington; Sir; Arthur Stanley (1882 - 1944); astrophysicist and theoretical physicist | 1882 - 1944 |
| NA6266 | Dirac; Paul Adrien Maurice (1902 - 1984) | 1902 - 1984 |