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Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'On the electricity of rain and its origin in thunderstorms' by George Clarke Simpson

Reference number: RR/17/436

Date: 14 April 1909

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Sectional committee: Physics and chemistry

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, there should be an omission of certain passages in part three.

Includes a letter confirming that C T R Wilson has agreed with the modification.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1909].

Endorsed on verso as received 15 April 1909.

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RR/17/436
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14 April 1909
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Standardised form (type A) and typescript letter on paper
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3 pages
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Typescript
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Arthur Schuster

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Arthur Schuster, Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'On the electricity of rain and its origin in thunderstorms' by George Clarke Simpson, 14 April 1909, RR/17/436, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_436/referees-report-by-arthur-schuster-on-a-paper-on-the-electricity-of-rain-and-its-origin-in-thunderstorms-by-george-clarke-simpson, accessed on 09 October 2024

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