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Referee's report by Sydney Chapman, on a paper 'Thermodynamics of electron emission' by Owen Willans Richardson

Reference number: RR/31/45

Date: February 1924

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. It is important to have the author's present views stated, considering the criticism directed towards them. Comments on the use of mathematical notation.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 23 February 1924.

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RR/31/45
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February 1924
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4 pages
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Sydney Chapman, Referee's report by Sydney Chapman, on a paper 'Thermodynamics of electron emission' by Owen Willans Richardson, February 1924, RR/31/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_31_45/referees-report-by-sydney-chapman-on-a-paper-thermodynamics-of-electron-emission-by-owen-willans-richardson, accessed on 21 June 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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