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Referee's report by Joseph Larmor, on a paper 'Experiments with vacuum gold-leaf electroscopes on the mechanical temperature effects in rarefied gases' by James Thomson Bottomley and F A King

Reference number: RR/17/127

Date: 07 February 1907

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Defers opinion regarding publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Has written to the author asking 'that the matter be carried further' before a paper is submitted.

Addendum 13 February 1907 by Joseph Larmor - Author has modified wording and title. Considers paper now suitable for the Proceedings.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on verso as received 8 February 1907.

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RR/17/127
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07 February 1907
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Joseph Larmor, Referee's report by Joseph Larmor, on a paper 'Experiments with vacuum gold-leaf electroscopes on the mechanical temperature effects in rarefied gases' by James Thomson Bottomley and F A King, 07 February 1907, RR/17/127, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_127/referees-report-by-joseph-larmor-on-a-paper-experiments-with-vacuum-gold-leaf-electroscopes-on-the-mechanical-temperature-effects-in-rarefied-gases-by-james-thomson-bottomley-and-f-a-king, accessed on 15 September 2024

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