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Referee's report by Charles Herbert Lees, on a paper 'Determinations of the fundamental standards of length in terms of wave-lengths of light' by J E Sears, Junr. and H Barrell

Reference number: RR/51/57

Date: December 1933

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests the authors re-examine their assumptions about the refraction index of air at different temperatures and pressures. Refers to work of Posejpal and Schacherl.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 1934]

Endorsed on verso as received 15 December 1933.

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RR/51/57
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December 1933
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Charles Herbert Lees, Referee's report by Charles Herbert Lees, on a paper 'Determinations of the fundamental standards of length in terms of wave-lengths of light' by J E Sears, Junr. and H Barrell, December 1933, RR/51/57, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_51_57/referees-report-by-charles-herbert-lees-on-a-paper-determinations-of-the-fundamental-standards-of-length-in-terms-of-wave-lengths-of-light-by-j-e-sears-junr-and-h-barrell, accessed on 22 April 2025

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