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Referee's report by Owen Willans Richardson, on a paper 'A discussion of the effects of shape and emissivityupon the thermal radiation between a body and its surroundings' by Owen Alfred Saunders

Reference number: RR/38/131

Date: 1928

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Sectional committee: Physics

Although the work seems correct, much of it seems so obvious that it is difficult to believe it has been overlooked so far. The paper should be referred to Ezer Griffiths or Callendar. If it hasn't been published before, it should be published in full.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 1928.

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RR/38/131
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1928
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Standardised form (type D) and note on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Owen Willans Richardson, Referee's report by Owen Willans Richardson, on a paper 'A discussion of the effects of shape and emissivityupon the thermal radiation between a body and its surroundings' by Owen Alfred Saunders, 1928, RR/38/131, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_38_131/referees-report-by-owen-willans-richardson-on-a-paper-a-discussion-of-the-effects-of-shape-and-emissivityupon-the-thermal-radiation-between-a-body-and-its-surroundings-by-owen-alfred-saunders, accessed on 13 June 2025

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