Record

RefNoRR/8/159
LevelItem
TitleSecond referee's report by Robert Bellamy Clifton, on a paper 'Measurements of electrical constants. No. II. On the specific inductive capacities of certain dielectrics. Part I' by J E H Gordon
Date12 April 1879
DescriptionNo clear statement regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper is a corrected copy of a previous submission. Finds some sections to be worthy of publication in the Philosophical Transactions,whereas others are not suitable for publication either there or in the Proceedings. Refers to work by Gibson [?], Barclay [?], John Hopkinson and James Clerk Maxwell. Finds some of the experimental method to be unsatisfactory.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1879]
Extent15p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1879.0072 Vol.170 1879
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8042Clifton; Robert Bellamy (1836 - 1921)1836 - 1921
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