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Reference numberRR/28/39
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Sydney Chapman, on a paper 'The theory of diffusion viscosity and thermal conductivity of gases' by Harold Albert Wilson
Date[January 1923]
DescriptionSectional Committee: Physics

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests the author be offered the opportunity to withdraw the paper. The methods used are elementary. Refers to work of James Hopwood Jeans and Krener [?]. The results are 'not in accord with the accurate values given in the later editions of ;[James Hopwood] Jeans' work'.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 11 January 1923.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionStandardised form (type D)
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Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8165Chapman; Sydney (1888 - 1970); mathematician and geophysicist1888 - 1970
NA1223Wilson; Harold Albert (1874 - 1964); physicist1874 - 1964
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