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Referee's report by Thomas Ralph Merton, on a paper 'Stark patterns observed in helium' by John Stewart Foster

Reference number: RR/33/74

Date: November 1926

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Sectional committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, in full. It is a 'very good piece of experimental work and the photographs are really excellent'.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1927].

Endorsed on verso as received 19 November 1926.

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RR/33/74
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November 1926
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4 pages
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Thomas Ralph Merton, Referee's report by Thomas Ralph Merton, on a paper 'Stark patterns observed in helium' by John Stewart Foster, November 1926, RR/33/74, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_33_74/referees-report-by-thomas-ralph-merton-on-a-paper-stark-patterns-observed-in-helium-by-john-stewart-foster, accessed on 06 December 2025

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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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