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Reference numberRR/21/149
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by John Allen Harker, on a paper 'The electrical ignition of gaseous mixtures' by W M Thornton
Date[February 1914]
DescriptionSectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests publication in the Proceedings. The paper might be made suitable for the Philosophical Transactions if shortened in places. The style is similar to a paper by an engineer. Suggests publishing the experimental description in full, but shortening the speculative section.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1914]

Endorsed on verso as received 26 February 1914.
Extent2p
Physical descriptionStandardised form (type A)
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspa.1914.0051 Vol.90 1914
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CodeNameDates
NA1231Harker; John Allen (1870 - 1923); physicist and engineer1870 - 1923
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