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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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 29 April 2025
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Date: 3rd May 1934
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1934.0016
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Referee's report by George Frederick Charles Searle, 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
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Referees' reports: volume 51, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
1933-1934 Reference number: RR/51
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