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Sectional committee: Physics and chemistry

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, no modifications are necessary and all the accompanying illustrations should be reproduced. No general remarks given.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1900].

Endorsed on verso as received 2 July 1900.

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RR/15/119
Earliest possible date
30 June 1900
Physical description
Standardised form (type A)
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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George Francis Fitzgerald

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George Francis Fitzgerald, Referee's report by George Francis Fitzgerald, on a paper 'The diffusion of ions produced in air by the action of a radio-active substance, ultra-violet light & point discharges' by John Sealy Edward Townsend, 30 June 1900, RR/15/119, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_15_119/referees-report-by-george-francis-fitzgerald-on-a-paper-the-diffusion-of-ions-produced-in-air-by-the-action-of-a-radio-active-substance-ultra-violet-light-point-discharges-by-john-sealy-edward-townsend, accessed on 21 June 2025

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