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RefNoRR/57/75
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by William Henry Eccles, on a paper 'British radio observations during the Second International Polar Year 1932-33' by Edward Victor Appleton, R Naismith and L J Ingram
Date3 August 1936
DescriptionSectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Finds the paper of much importance. Received the manuscript on his return from northern Norway, where he previously conducted work on atmospheric electricity, which led him to recommend the location to the author Edward Victor Appleton for his polar year observations. 'Rather a strange coincidence'.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 11 September 1936.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionStandardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rsta.1937.0002 Vol.236 1937
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1856Eccles; William Henry (1875 - 1966)1875 - 1966
NA5602Appleton; Sir; Edward Victor (1892 - 1965)1892 - 1965
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