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Referee's report by George Clarke Simpson, on a paper 'A new apparatus for the measurement of the earth's magnetic field' by L F Bates

Reference number: RR/44/40

Date: 09 July 1932

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Sectional committee: Physics

Not recommended for publication. The paper is unsatisfactory, as it 'gives no information regarding the accuracy of the instrument'. The paper cannot be published until the instrument has been tried out against standard instruments.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 13 July 1932.

Reference number
RR/44/40
Earliest possible date
09 July 1932
Physical description
Standardised form (type D) and note on paper
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4 pages
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Typescript
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George Clarke Simpson

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George Clarke Simpson, Referee's report by George Clarke Simpson, on a paper 'A new apparatus for the measurement of the earth's magnetic field' by L F Bates, 09 July 1932, RR/44/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_44_40/referees-report-by-george-clarke-simpson-on-a-paper-a-new-apparatus-for-the-measurement-of-the-earths-magnetic-field-by-l-f-bates, accessed on 03 October 2024

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