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Referee's report by Harold Albert Wilson, on a paper 'The ionisation produced by hot platinum in different gases' by Owen Willans Richardson

Reference number: RR/17/81

Date: 20 July 1906

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper is 'exceedingly well written' with important results obtained.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 17 July 1906.

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RR/17/81
Earliest possible date
20 July 1906
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Harold Albert Wilson

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Harold Albert Wilson, Referee's report by Harold Albert Wilson, on a paper 'The ionisation produced by hot platinum in different gases' by Owen Willans Richardson, 20 July 1906, RR/17/81, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_81/referees-report-by-harold-albert-wilson-on-a-paper-the-ionisation-produced-by-hot-platinum-in-different-gases-by-owen-willans-richardson, accessed on 12 January 2025

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