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Referee's report by Joseph Larmor, on a paper 'Note on the motional electromotive force of insulators' by S J Barnett

Reference number: RR/21/22

Date: February 1914

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Refers to work by Harold Albert Wilson. Finds the use of some terms to be inconsistent. Offers critical breakdown of the experimental part.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 24 February 1914.

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RR/21/22
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February 1914
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Standardised form (type C) and letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Joseph Larmor

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Joseph Larmor, Referee's report by Joseph Larmor, on a paper 'Note on the motional electromotive force of insulators' by S J Barnett, February 1914, RR/21/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_21_22/referees-report-by-joseph-larmor-on-a-paper-note-on-the-motional-electromotive-force-of-insulators-by-s-j-barnett, accessed on 05 December 2024

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