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Referee's report by John Henry Poynting, on a paper 'Some experiments with cathode rays' by Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton

Reference number: RR/13/276

Date: 15 March 1897

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Recommended for publication in Proceedings, although if it is too long, it could also be published in Philosophical Transactions. The experiments are new and the results are important. The author should give some more information on the mode of attachment used in the experiment. He hopes there will be continued research in this area and this paper will become part of a series.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1897].

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RR/13/276
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15 March 1897
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4 pages
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John Henry Poynting

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John Henry Poynting, Referee's report by John Henry Poynting, on a paper 'Some experiments with cathode rays' by Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton, 15 March 1897, RR/13/276, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_276/referees-report-by-john-henry-poynting-on-a-paper-some-experiments-with-cathode-rays-by-alan-archibald-campbell-swinton, accessed on 07 November 2025

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