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Referee's report by Frank Edward Smith, on a paper 'The difference between the mechanical and optical lengths of a steel end-gauge' by F H Rolt and H Barrell

Reference number: RR/38/128

Date: September 1928

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Sectional committee: Engineering sciences

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, in full. The paper is interesting and does not require modifications.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1929].

Endorsed on verso as received 21 September 1928.

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RR/38/128
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September 1928
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Frank Edward Smith, Referee's report by Frank Edward Smith, on a paper 'The difference between the mechanical and optical lengths of a steel end-gauge' by F H Rolt and H Barrell, September 1928, RR/38/128, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_38_128/referees-report-by-frank-edward-smith-on-a-paper-the-difference-between-the-mechanical-and-optical-lengths-of-a-steel-end-gauge-by-f-h-rolt-and-h-barrell, accessed on 14 July 2026

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