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Reference numberRR/26/31
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Charles Herbert Lees, on a paper 'On the velocity of sound in gases at high temperatures, and the ratio of the specific heats' by Harold Baily Dixon, Colin Campbell and A Parker
Date16 June 1921
DescriptionSectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests the description of alternative methods be reduced, suggests referring to textbook by Winkelmann [?]. Refers to work by Bertholdt [?], Jongurt [?] and Cussard [?]. Addended note asks for the part of the report dealing with the measured speed of sound be deleted due to a misunderstanding on the part of the referee.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1921]

Endorsed on verso as received 8 June 1921.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionStandardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspa.1921.0066 Vol.100 1921
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA688Lees; Charles Herbert (1864 - 1952); physicist1864 - 1952
NA8203Dixon; Harold Baily (1852 - 1930); chemist and amateur footballer1852 - 1930
NA5312Campbell; Colin (- 1752) - 1752
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