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Referee's report by John Sealy Edward Townsend, on a paper 'The origin of thermal ionisation from carbon' by Owen Willans Richardson

Reference number: RR/20/110

Date: December 1913

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Sectional committee: Physics and chemistry

Not recommended for publication in Proceedings in its current form. Offers modifications.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1914].

Endorsed on verso as received 2 December 1913.

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RR/20/110
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December 1913
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Sealy Edward Townsend

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John Sealy Edward Townsend, Referee's report by John Sealy Edward Townsend, on a paper 'The origin of thermal ionisation from carbon' by Owen Willans Richardson, December 1913, RR/20/110, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_20_110/referees-report-by-john-sealy-edward-townsend-on-a-paper-the-origin-of-thermal-ionisation-from-carbon-by-owen-willans-richardson, accessed on 10 February 2025

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