Record

RefNoRR/28/29
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Owen Willans Richardson, on a paper 'The influence of frequency of current on the electrical ignition of gases' by William Mandell Thornton
Date[January 1923]
DescriptionSectional Committee: Physics

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Finds the paper 'unintelligible'. 'The author does not seem to be able to express clearly either precisely what he has done, what his opinions are or why he holds them. I recommend that the paper be rejected'.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 30 January 1923.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionStandardised form (type D)
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordRR/28/28
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7014Richardson; Sir; Owen Willans (1879 - 1959)1879 - 1959
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