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Referee's report by Joseph John Thomson, on a paper 'On the least potential difference required to produce discharge through various gases' by Robert John Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh

Reference number: RR/14/240

Date: 21 October 1899

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 24 October 1899.

Reference number
RR/14/240
Earliest possible date
21 October 1899
Physical description
Standardised form (type A)
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Joseph John Thomson

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Joseph John Thomson, Referee's report by Joseph John Thomson, on a paper 'On the least potential difference required to produce discharge through various gases' by Robert John Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh, 21 October 1899, RR/14/240, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_240/referees-report-by-joseph-john-thomson-on-a-paper-on-the-least-potential-difference-required-to-produce-discharge-through-various-gases-by-robert-john-strutt-4th-baron-rayleigh, accessed on 18 February 2025

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