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RefNoRR/28/123
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Charles Herbert Lees, on a paper 'On the velocity of sound in gases and vapours, and the ratio of the specific heats' by Harold Baily Dixon and Gilbert Greenwood
Date[December 1923]
DescriptionSectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, if reduced in length. The experimental descriptions are trustworthy, but the molecular calcualtions use an approximate equation of doubtful accuracy.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1924]

Endorsed on verso as received 18 December 1923.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionStandardised form (type D)
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspa.1924.0014 Vol.105 1924
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA688Lees; Charles Herbert (1864 - 1952)1864 - 1952
NA8203Dixon; Harold Baily (1852 - 1930)1852 - 1930
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