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Referee's report by Harold Baily Dixon, on a paper 'The electrical ignition of gaseous mixtures' by W M Thornton

Reference number: RR/21/148

Date: February 1914

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests publication in the Proceedings. Does not think the evidence supports all the conclusions. Suggests some edits to aid clarity.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1914]

Endorsed on verso as received 7 February 1914.

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RR/21/148
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February 1914
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Standardised form (type A) and letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Harold Baily Dixon, Referee's report by Harold Baily Dixon, on a paper 'The electrical ignition of gaseous mixtures' by W M Thornton, February 1914, RR/21/148, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_21_148/referees-report-by-harold-baily-dixon-on-a-paper-the-electrical-ignition-of-gaseous-mixtures-by-w-m-thornton, accessed on 20 March 2025

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