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Referee's report by Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh, on a paper 'The colours due to thin films on metals' by Ulick Richardson Evans

Reference number: RR/30/45

Date: June 1924

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', with modifications. The experimental results are good, but the theoretical part is misleading.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1925]

Endorsed on verso as received 24 June 1924.

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RR/30/45
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June 1924
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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6 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 Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh, on a paper 'The colours due to thin films on metals' by Ulick Richardson Evans, June 1924, RR/30/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_30_45/referees-report-by-robert-strutt-4th-baron-rayleigh-on-a-paper-the-colours-due-to-thin-films-on-metals-by-ulick-richardson-evans, accessed on 05 December 2024

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