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Declines to report on the paper, as he is 'not competent enough' to give an informed opinion.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1892].

Reference number
RR/11/23
Earliest possible date
07 October 1891
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

John Hopkinson

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John Hopkinson, Referee's report by John Hopkinson, on a paper 'On the time-relations of the excursions of the capillary electrometer, with a description of the method of using it for the investigation of electrical changes of short duration' by George James Burch, 07 October 1891, RR/11/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_23/referees-report-by-john-hopkinson-on-a-paper-on-the-time-relations-of-the-excursions-of-the-capillary-electrometer-with-a-description-of-the-method-of-using-it-for-the-investigation-of-electrical-changes-of-short-duration-by-george-james-burch, accessed on 12 May 2026

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