Referee's report by James Hopwood Jeans, on a paper 'Theory of electric charge' by Arthur Stanley Eddington

Description

Sectional committee: Mathematics

He doesn't feel too favourable about the paper and doesn't undertand the Tensor calculus well enough to give an opinion. It is the author's 'third or fourth shot at this problem', as early ones were erroneous and it 'seems to get more complicated rather than more simple at each successive attempt'. A report from Dirac should be sought. The paper will probably be suitable for publication.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1932].

Endorsed on verso as received 16 June 1932.

Reference number

RR/47/32

Earliest possible date

15 April 1932

Physical description

Standardised form (type D), note on paper and letter on paper

Page extent

4 pages

Format

Typescript
Manuscript