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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Considers the author's assumptions to be biased and his conclusions are 'fantastic'. Provides criticism of the conclusions. Refers to work by Richard Vernon Wheeler, who has repeated the work of the author and found it to be erroneous.

[Not published]

Endorsed on recto as received 4 March 1918.

Reference number
RR/25/54
Earliest possible date
02 March 1918
Physical description
Standardised form (type D)
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Harold Baily Dixon

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Harold Baily Dixon, Referee's report by Harold Baily Dixon, on a paper 'Influence of reduced pressure on the electrical ignition of gases' by W M Thornton, 02 March 1918, RR/25/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_25_54/referees-report-by-harold-baily-dixon-on-a-paper-influence-of-reduced-pressure-on-the-electrical-ignition-of-gases-by-w-m-thornton, accessed on 12 February 2025

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