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Referee's report by Joseph Larmor, on a paper 'A method of deriving Planck's Law of Radiation' by George Green

Reference number: RR/21/78

Date: 07 March 1914

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The referee has challenged the argument and found it can be amended fundamentally. 'If the author can attend to this, I think it ought to be published as a thoughtful contribution to the subject'.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 9 March 1914.

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RR/21/78
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07 March 1914
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2 pages
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Joseph Larmor, Referee's report by Joseph Larmor, on a paper 'A method of deriving Planck's Law of Radiation' by George Green, 07 March 1914, RR/21/78, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_21_78/referees-report-by-joseph-larmor-on-a-paper-a-method-of-deriving-plancks-law-of-radiation-by-george-green, accessed on 20 June 2025

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