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Referee's report by William Duddell, on a paper 'On the flow of electricity through dielectrics, etc' by G E Bairsto

Reference number: RR/21/14

Date: June 1914

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. If the paper is to be published, it should only be as an abstract. Gives criticism of the materials involved and methods of investigation. The theoretical discussion of energy loss is the most novel and interesting part of the paper.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 17 June 1914.

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RR/21/14
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June 1914
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2 pages
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Typescript

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William Duddell

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William Duddell, Referee's report by William Duddell, on a paper 'On the flow of electricity through dielectrics, etc' by G E Bairsto, June 1914, RR/21/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_21_14/referees-report-by-william-duddell-on-a-paper-on-the-flow-of-electricity-through-dielectrics-etc-by-g-e-bairsto, accessed on 15 May 2025

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