Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

Referee's report by Charles Vernon Boys, on a paper 'An experiment in search of a directive action of one quartz crystal on another' by John Henry Poynting and P L Gray

Reference number: RR/14/87

Date: 27 October 1898

Description

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

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Crystallography

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 28 October 1898.

Reference number
RR/14/87
Earliest possible date
27 October 1898
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Charles Vernon Boys

View page for Charles Vernon Boys

Use this record

Citation

Charles Vernon Boys, Referee's report by Charles Vernon Boys, on a paper 'An experiment in search of a directive action of one quartz crystal on another' by John Henry Poynting and P L Gray, 27 October 1898, RR/14/87, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_87/referees-report-by-charles-vernon-boys-on-a-paper-an-experiment-in-search-of-a-directive-action-of-one-quartz-crystal-on-another-by-john-henry-poynting-and-p-l-gray, accessed on 13 January 2026

Link to this record

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/rr_14_87/referees-report-by-charles-vernon-boys-on-a-paper-an-experiment-in-search-of-a-directive-action-of-one-quartz-crystal-on-another-by-john-henry-poynting-and-p-l-gray" title="Referee's report by Charles Vernon Boys, on a paper 'An experiment in search of a directive action of one quartz crystal on another' by John Henry Poynting and P L Gray" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Referee Reports

    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

    View collection