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

Reference number: RR/21/15

Date: 26 November 1914

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The Chairman of the Physics and Chemistry Committee asks William Duddell if the attached modifications to the paper are of such a nature to allow publication. - Signed R Harrison

William Duddell responds that he is not prepared to support publication of the paper in either the Philosophical Transactions or the Proceedings. Considers the materials chosen [celluloid] are entirely unsuited for the investigations undertaken. Offers criticism of the tables and inconsistencies of terminology. Suggests the author re-write the paper in a much condensed form to aid in clarity ad to make the novel aspects of their research easier to discern. Dated 1 December 1914.

[Not published]

Endorsed on recto as received 2 December 1914.

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RR/21/15
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26 November 1914
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William Duddell, Committee report by William Duddell, on a paper 'On the flow of electricity through dielectrics, etc' by G E Bairsto, 26 November 1914, RR/21/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_21_15/committee-report-by-william-duddell-on-a-paper-on-the-flow-of-electricity-through-dielectrics-etc-by-g-e-bairsto, accessed on 16 January 2025

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