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Referee's report by James Hopwood Jeans, on a paper 'On the origin of the absorption spectra of certain types of organic compounds' by N P McCleland

Reference number: RR/21/119

Date: April 1914

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Considers the paper 'vague and sketchy' and 'cannot feel any enthusiasm' for it. Cannot make a judgement on the paper as a chemist, but as a physicist would be surprised if the conclusions turned out to be true. If published, the author should be asked to 'explain his analysis more clearly'.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 2 March 1914.

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RR/21/119
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April 1914
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Standardised form (type C) and letter on paper
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4 pages
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James Hopwood Jeans, Referee's report by James Hopwood Jeans, on a paper 'On the origin of the absorption spectra of certain types of organic compounds' by N P McCleland, April 1914, RR/21/119, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_21_119/referees-report-by-james-hopwood-jeans-on-a-paper-on-the-origin-of-the-absorption-spectra-of-certain-types-of-organic-compounds-by-n-p-mccleland, accessed on 05 December 2024

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