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Referee's report by Robert John Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, on a paper 'Of gas-grown skins. Some of their properties and effects' by [John Job] Manley

Reference number: RR/29/28

Date: May 1923

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Sectional committee: Physics

Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions or Proceedings. Nothing 'definite or novel has emerged' from the experiment.It is 'rather difficult (and rather painful) to report on this paper'.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 9 May 1923.

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RR/29/28
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May 1923
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Standardised form (type D), note on paper and typed copy on paper
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert John Strutt

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Robert John Strutt, Referee's report by Robert John Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, on a paper 'Of gas-grown skins. Some of their properties and effects' by [John Job] Manley, May 1923, RR/29/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_29_28/referees-report-by-robert-john-strutt-lord-rayleigh-on-a-paper-of-gas-grown-skins-some-of-their-properties-and-effects-by-john-job-manley, accessed on 21 January 2025

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