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Referee's report by John William Nicholson, on a paper 'The constitution of the electron and a thoery of the motion of Faraday tubes' by Samuel Roslington Milner

Reference number: RR/25/33

Date: May 1919

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests paper requires significant modifications before it could be considered for publication. Agrees with the other referee in the correspondence. Supposition by the author renders the conclusions obsolete.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 1 May 1919.

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RR/25/33
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May 1919
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John William Nicholson

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John William Nicholson, Referee's report by John William Nicholson, on a paper 'The constitution of the electron and a thoery of the motion of Faraday tubes' by Samuel Roslington Milner, May 1919, RR/25/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_25_33/referees-report-by-john-william-nicholson-on-a-paper-the-constitution-of-the-electron-and-a-thoery-of-the-motion-of-faraday-tubes-by-samuel-roslington-milner, accessed on 10 February 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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