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Second referee's report by Douglas Rayner Hartree, on a paper 'On new singular solutions of Maxwell's equations and their application to the calculation of antennae radiation fields' by Louis Vessot King

Reference number: RR/46/10

Date: 28 December 1932

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The author's modifications to meet the recommendations are 'unsatisfactory and erroneous'. The assumptions made in the previous version have not been corrected. Provides detailed mathematical criticism. Refers to work of John Henry Poynting.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 30 December 1932.

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RR/46/10
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28 December 1932
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Douglas Rayner Hartree, Second referee's report by Douglas Rayner Hartree, on a paper 'On new singular solutions of Maxwell's equations and their application to the calculation of antennae radiation fields' by Louis Vessot King, 28 December 1932, RR/46/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_46_10/second-referees-report-by-douglas-rayner-hartree-on-a-paper-on-new-singular-solutions-of-maxwells-equations-and-their-application-to-the-calculation-of-antennae-radiation-fields-by-louis-vessot-king, accessed on 19 January 2025

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