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Referee's report by Owen Willans Richardson, on a paper 'The use of the coherer to investigate adsorption films' by William George Palmer

Reference number: RR/31/34

Date: May 1924

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Does not feel he has sufficient knowledge to offer a full opinion on the paper. Suggests the paper be sent to a physical chemist for review, suggests Frederick George Donnan or James William McBain.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1924]

Endorsed on verso as received 20 May 1924.

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RR/31/34
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May 1924
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Owen Willans Richardson, Referee's report by Owen Willans Richardson, on a paper 'The use of the coherer to investigate adsorption films' by William George Palmer, May 1924, RR/31/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_31_34/referees-report-by-owen-willans-richardson-on-a-paper-the-use-of-the-coherer-to-investigate-adsorption-films-by-william-george-palmer, accessed on 19 September 2024

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