Referee's report by Harold Baily Dixon, on a paper 'Influence of reduced pressure on the electrical ignition of gases' by W M Thornton Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Considers the author's assumptions to be biased and his conclusions are 'fantastic'. Provides criticism of the conclusions. Refers to work by Richard Vernon Wheeler, who has repeated the work of the author and found it to be erroneous. [Not published] Endorsed on recto as received 4 March 1918. 2 March 1918