| RefNo | RR/28/105 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by Thomas Ralph Merton, on a paper 'The constitution of the secondary spectrum of hydrogen' by William Mitchinson Hicks |
| Date | [June 1923] |
| Description | Sectional Committee: Physics
Not recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. The 'methods of selecting and dealing with the data are defective, and the greater part of the numerical relationships...appear to be fortuitous'. Refers to work of Thomas Ralph Merton, Barratt [?], Watson [?], Klas Bernhard Hasselberg, Camillo Porlezza, Charles Piazzi Smyth and Frost [?], showing where error had occurred in each set of results.
[Not published]
Endorsed on verso as received 8 June 1923. |
| Extent | 14p |
| Format | Typescript |
| Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Standardised form (type D) |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | RR/28/104 |
| NLB/64/661 |
| NLB/66/72 |
| NLB/66/139 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8260 | Merton; Sir; Thomas Ralph (1888 - 1969) | 1888 - 1969 |
| NA6683 | Hicks; William Mitchinson (1850 - 1934) | 1850 - 1934 |