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Referee's report by John Sealy Edward Townsend, on a paper 'Chemical studies in gaseous ionisation Part I' by R Winstanley Lunt

Reference number: RR/31/17

Date: 14 July 1924

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The paper is too indefinite, and issues with the experimental method and apparatus are not addressed. Has ot read the second part, but as it is based on the uncertain work in the first part, this should not be published either [RR/31/18]. Gives a thorough criticism of the paper and experimental method and interpretation thereof.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 17 July 1924.

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RR/31/17
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14 July 1924
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14 pages
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John Sealy Edward Townsend, Referee's report by John Sealy Edward Townsend, on a paper 'Chemical studies in gaseous ionisation Part I' by R Winstanley Lunt, 14 July 1924, RR/31/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_31_17/referees-report-by-john-sealy-edward-townsend-on-a-paper-chemical-studies-in-gaseous-ionisation-part-i-by-r-winstanley-lunt, accessed on 22 April 2025

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