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Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'Electrical conductivity in gases traversed by cathode rays' by John Cunningham McLennan

Reference number: RR/14/193

Date: 14 January 1900

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The experiments are interesting and worthy of publication, but the paper is not of sufficient merit for the Philosophical Transactions. The results are inconclusive.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 15 January 1900.

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RR/14/193
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14 January 1900
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Standardised form (type A) and letter on paper
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur Schuster

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Arthur Schuster, Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'Electrical conductivity in gases traversed by cathode rays' by John Cunningham McLennan, 14 January 1900, RR/14/193, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_193/referees-report-by-arthur-schuster-on-a-paper-electrical-conductivity-in-gases-traversed-by-cathode-rays-by-john-cunningham-mclennan, accessed on 02 December 2024

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