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Reference numberRR/68/405
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Edward Battersby Bailey, on a paper 'Pebbles, natural and artificial, Their shape under various conditions of abrasion' by Robert John Strutt
Date[1943]
DescriptionSectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests clarifying the use of the terms 'glacial drift' and 'glacial gravel'. Suggests clarifying the terms used to describe the apparatus. Hopes the author will conduct further experiments on the subject.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no.

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

No received date.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionStandardised form (type E)
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspa.1944.0008 Vol.182 1944
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA7877Strutt; Robert John (1875 - 1947); 4th Baron Rayleigh1875 - 1947
NA4963Bailey; Sir; Edward Battersby (1881 - 1965)1881 - 1965
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