Record

RefNoRR/23/100
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Harold Baily Dixon, on a paper 'Ignition of gases at reduced pressure by continuous current break sparks' by W M Thornton
Date7 April 1916
DescriptionSectional committee: Physics and chemistry

Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions or Proceedings. The referee is 'unable to understand it'. He does not believe 'the author has made any substantial case for the step-like ignitions that he claims to have established'. Believes it would 'be wise to have another opinion', as he cannot make anything out of it.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 8 April 1916.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionStandardised form (type D) and note on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordRR/23/101
AP/79/11
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8203Dixon; Harold Baily (1852 - 1930)1852 - 1930
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