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Referee's report by Robert John Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh, and additional letter to Joseph Larmor, on a paper 'On retardation of the discharge of an electroscope by means of certain radio-active ad other substances' by Walter Sydney Lazarus-Barlow

Reference number: RR/17/55

Date: 30 March 1906

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Finds many problems with the conclusions drawn by the author. Suggests it would be best for the author if the paper was withdrawn.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 2 April 1906.

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RR/17/55
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30 March 1906
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Standardised form (type C) and letter on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert John Strutt

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Robert John Strutt, Referee's report by Robert John Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh, and additional letter to Joseph Larmor, on a paper 'On retardation of the discharge of an electroscope by means of certain radio-active ad other substances' by Walter Sydney Lazarus-Barlow, 30 March 1906, RR/17/55, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_55/referees-report-by-robert-john-strutt-4th-baron-rayleigh-and-additional-letter-to-joseph-larmor-on-a-paper-on-retardation-of-the-discharge-of-an-electroscope-by-means-of-certain-radio-active-ad-other-substances-by-walter-sydney-lazarus-barlow, accessed on 13 December 2024

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