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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper is weak and misleading for those not familiar with the subject. There is little to support the conclusions. Suggests further experimental work be conducted.

[Not published]

Endorsed on recto as received 7 November 1918.

Reference number
RR/25/45
Earliest possible date
November 1918
Physical description
Standardised form (type D)
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Charles Glover Barkla

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Charles Glover Barkla, Referee's report by Charles Glover Barkla, on a paper 'On the velocities of two distinct groups of secondary corpuscular rays produced by a homogeneous Rontgen radiation, and their absorption coefficients in various gases' by Lewis Simons, November 1918, RR/25/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_25_45/referees-report-by-charles-glover-barkla-on-a-paper-on-the-velocities-of-two-distinct-groups-of-secondary-corpuscular-rays-produced-by-a-homogeneous-rontgen-radiation-and-their-absorption-coefficients-in-various-gases-by-lewis-simons, accessed on 11 February 2025

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