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Referee's report by James Hopwood Jeans, on a paper 'A theory of the chemical action of the electric discharge in electrolytic gas' by P J Kirkby

Reference number: RR/18/158

Date: November 1910

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Sectional committee: Physics and chemistry

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, in full. Contains extensive remarks on the paper.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, A, 1911].

Endorsed on verso as received 3 November 1910.

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RR/18/158
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November 1910
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Standardised form (type A) and notes on paper
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6 pages
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Typescript
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James Hopwood Jeans, Referee's report by James Hopwood Jeans, on a paper 'A theory of the chemical action of the electric discharge in electrolytic gas' by P J Kirkby, November 1910, RR/18/158, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_18_158/referees-report-by-james-hopwood-jeans-on-a-paper-a-theory-of-the-chemical-action-of-the-electric-discharge-in-electrolytic-gas-by-p-j-kirkby, accessed on 16 January 2025

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