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Referee's report [page 1] by Hector Munro Macdonald, on a paper 'A note on the theory of directive antennæ or unsymmetrical hertzian oscillators' by John Ambrose Fleming

Reference number: RR/17/38

Date: 30 March 1906

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Refers to work of Guglielmo Marconi. Observations are not extensive enough, experiments do not do what they profess to do.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 10 May 1906.

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RR/17/38
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30 March 1906
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Hector Munro Macdonald, Referee's report [page 1] by Hector Munro Macdonald, on a paper 'A note on the theory of directive antennæ or unsymmetrical hertzian oscillators' by John Ambrose Fleming, 30 March 1906, RR/17/38, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_38/referees-report-page-1-by-hector-munro-macdonald-on-a-paper-a-note-on-the-theory-of-directive-antennæ-or-unsymmetrical-hertzian-oscillators-by-john-ambrose-fleming, accessed on 05 October 2024

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