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Referee's report by Charles Galton Darwin, on a paper 'On periodic and transient electromagnetic waves in imperfectly conducting media' by Louis Vessot King

Reference number: RR/46/13

Date: September 1932

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The work may be of use to wireless theory, but cannot judge on this. The paper rushes some parts, then over discusses others. Provides detailed mathematical criticism.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 26 September 1932.

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RR/46/13
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September 1932
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Galton Darwin

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Charles Galton Darwin, Referee's report by Charles Galton Darwin, on a paper 'On periodic and transient electromagnetic waves in imperfectly conducting media' by Louis Vessot King, September 1932, RR/46/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_46_13/referees-report-by-charles-galton-darwin-on-a-paper-on-periodic-and-transient-electromagnetic-waves-in-imperfectly-conducting-media-by-louis-vessot-king, accessed on 19 March 2025

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