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Reference numberRR/51/58
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by George Frederick Charles Searle, on a paper 'Determinations of the fundamental standards of length in terms of wave-lengths of light' by J E Sears, Junr. and H Barrell
Date[January 1934]
DescriptionSectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. 'It follows that any comparison between wave length and metre is useless for the purposes of practical life unless there is a full record of the number of waves'. The paper cannot be shortened without loss of value.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 1934]

Endorsed on verso as received 22 January 1934.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionStandardised form (type D)
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rsta.1934.0016 Vol.233 1934
Related records in the catalogueRR/51/57
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CodeNameDates
NA1320Searle; George Frederick Charles (1864 - 1954); physicist1864 - 1954
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