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Referee's report by Charles Herbert Lees, on a paper 'The influence of air movement and atmospheric conditions on the heat loss from a cylindrical moist body' by Alan J Canny and Charles James Martin

Reference number: RR/45/13

Date: August 1930

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Does not think it possible for the paper to reduced in length. 'The design of the apparatus does not make for precise measurements of the quantities required to test present theories, and any deductions from the observations made with it must be taken as doubtful'.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 5 August 1930.

Reference number
RR/45/13
Earliest possible date
August 1930
Physical description
Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Typescript

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Charles Herbert Lees

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Charles Herbert Lees, Referee's report by Charles Herbert Lees, on a paper 'The influence of air movement and atmospheric conditions on the heat loss from a cylindrical moist body' by Alan J Canny and Charles James Martin, August 1930, RR/45/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_45_13/referees-report-by-charles-herbert-lees-on-a-paper-the-influence-of-air-movement-and-atmospheric-conditions-on-the-heat-loss-from-a-cylindrical-moist-body-by-alan-j-canny-and-charles-james-martin, accessed on 08 February 2025

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