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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests revising, rearranging and reducing the scale of the curves. Suggests drawing additional curves. Refers to work of Svante August Arrhenius, Joseph john Thomson and Ernest Rutherford.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on recto as received 25 November 1898.

Reference number
RR/14/94
Earliest possible date
24 November 1898
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Hugh Longbourne Callendar

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Hugh Longbourne Callendar, Referee's report by Hugh Longbourne Callendar, on a paper 'The electrical conductivity and luminosity of flames containing vaporised salts' by Arthur Smithells, Harry Medforth Dawson and Harold Albert Wilson, 24 November 1898, RR/14/94, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_94/referees-report-by-hugh-longbourne-callendar-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 05 November 2024

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