Referee's report by James Hopwood Jeans, on a paper 'Radiation from a spherical source and the distribution of energy in the normal spectrum' by L Silberstein
Reference number: RR/22/102
Date: October 1915

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Sectional committee: Physics and chemistry
Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions or Proceedings. The referee claims that 'mathematically the paper is harmless, but uninteresting' and 'physically, it is based on concepts which seem very unlikely to represent the truth'.
[Not published].
Endorsed on verso as received 27 October 1915.
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- RR/22/102
- Earliest possible date
- October 1915
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- Standardised form (type D) and note on paper
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- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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James Hopwood Jeans, Referee's report by James Hopwood Jeans, on a paper 'Radiation from a spherical source and the distribution of energy in the normal spectrum' by L Silberstein, October 1915, RR/22/102, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_22_102/referees-report-by-james-hopwood-jeans-on-a-paper-radiation-from-a-spherical-source-and-the-distribution-of-energy-in-the-normal-spectrum-by-l-silberstein, accessed on 10 February 2025
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Referees' reports: volume 22, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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