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Referee's report by Ralph Howard Fowler, on a paper 'On the electromagnetic fields due to variable electric charges and the intensities of spectrum lines according to the quantum theory' by George Adolphus Schott

Reference number: RR/50/136

Date: November 1933

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

Not recommended for publication. The paper fails to meet Foch's criticism. Some parts are trivial and obscure.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1933].

Endorsed on verso as received 4 November 1933.

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RR/50/136
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November 1933
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Standardised form (type D) and note on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Ralph Howard Fowler, Referee's report by Ralph Howard Fowler, on a paper 'On the electromagnetic fields due to variable electric charges and the intensities of spectrum lines according to the quantum theory' by George Adolphus Schott, November 1933, RR/50/136, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_50_136/referees-report-by-ralph-howard-fowler-on-a-paper-on-the-electromagnetic-fields-due-to-variable-electric-charges-and-the-intensities-of-spectrum-lines-according-to-the-quantum-theory-by-george-adolphus-schott, accessed on 12 December 2024

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