RefNo | RR/28/29 |
Level | Item |
Title | Referee'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] |
Description | Sectional 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Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'.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. |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Standardised form (type D) |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedRecord | RR/28/28 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA7014 | Richardson; Sir; Owen Willans (1879 - 1959); physicist | 1879 - 1959 |