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Sectional Committee: Physics

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Considers the subject ill-chosen and the results inconclusive.

[Not published]

No received date.

Reference number
RR/28/28
Earliest possible date
1922
Physical description
Standardised form (type D)
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Robert John Strutt

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Robert John Strutt, Referee's report by Robert Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, on a paper 'The influence of frequency of current on the electrical ignition of gases' by William Mandell Thornton, 1922, RR/28/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_28_28/referees-report-by-robert-strutt-lord-rayleigh-on-a-paper-the-influence-of-frequency-of-current-on-the-electrical-ignition-of-gases-by-william-mandell-thornton, accessed on 12 August 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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