Referee's report by Harold Baily Dixon, on a paper 'Influence of reduced pressure on the electrical ignition of gases' by W M Thornton
Reference number: RR/25/54
Date: 02 March 1918

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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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.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.
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Endorsed on recto as received 4 March 1918.
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- RR/25/54
- Earliest possible date
- 02 March 1918
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- 5 pages
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- Manuscript
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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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Referees' reports: volume 25, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
1918-1919 Reference number: RR/25
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