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Referee's report by Owen Willans Richardson, on a paper 'Test of a theory of radiation' by George Paget Thomson

Reference number: RR/29/59

Date: June 1923

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Sectional committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, in full.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1923].

Endorsed on verso as received 1923.

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RR/29/59
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June 1923
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Owen Willans Richardson, Referee's report by Owen Willans Richardson, on a paper 'Test of a theory of radiation' by George Paget Thomson, June 1923, RR/29/59, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_29_59/referees-report-by-owen-willans-richardson-on-a-paper-test-of-a-theory-of-radiation-by-george-paget-thomson, accessed on 11 April 2026

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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