| Reference number | RR/59/61 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by John Sealy Edward Townsend, on two papers 'Ionization, excitation, and chemical reaction in uniform electric fields I - The Townsend coefficient of ionization' and 'Ionization, excitation, and chemical reaction in uniform electric fields II-The energy balance and energy efficiencies for the principal electron processes in hydrogen' by K G Emeléus, R Winstanley Lunt and C A Meek |
| Date | [December 1935] |
| Description | Sectional Committee: Physics
Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Gives thorough criticism of the papers and conclusions drawn. Finds part II especially to contain nothing new. Refers to work of Nevill Francis Mott, Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey, Robert Bigham Brode, John Sealy Edward Townsend, F Lloyd Jones, P Johnson, J E Keyston, Frans Michel Penning, F B Pidduck and Rudolf Seeliger.
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']
Endorsed on verso as received 21 December 1935. |
| Extent | 12p |
| Format | Typescript |
| Physical description | Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1936.0156 Vol.156 1936 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1936.0185 Vol.157 1936 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/59/60 |
| RR/59/62 |
| RR/59/63 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA2902 | Townsend; Sir; John Sealy Edward (1868 - 1957) | 1868 - 1957 |