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Referee's report by William Augustus Tilden, on a paper 'The electrical conductivity and luminosity of flames containing vaporised salts' by Arthur Smithells, Harry Medforth Dawson and Harold Albert Wilson

Reference number: RR/14/93

Date: 21 November 1898

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests reducing the size of the curves. Refers to work of Svante August Arrhenius. Discusses the substances used in the experiments.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 21 November 1898.

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RR/14/93
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21 November 1898
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Augustus Tilden

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William Augustus Tilden, Referee's report by William Augustus Tilden, on a paper 'The electrical conductivity and luminosity of flames containing vaporised salts' by Arthur Smithells, Harry Medforth Dawson and Harold Albert Wilson, 21 November 1898, RR/14/93, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_93/referees-report-by-william-augustus-tilden-on-a-paper-the-electrical-conductivity-and-luminosity-of-flames-containing-vaporised-salts-by-arthur-smithells-harry-medforth-dawson-and-harold-albert-wilson, accessed on 15 December 2025

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