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Sectional Committee: Physics

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 'unless rewritten with much greater clarity'. Finds much of the paper confusing.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on verso as received 19 August 1935.

Reference number
RR/56/74
Earliest possible date
August 1935
Physical description
Standardised form (type D)
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

John Cunningham McLennan

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John Cunningham McLennan, Referee's report by John Cunningham McLennan, on a paper 'Fluorescent emission of the mercury line 2537 A at pressures between 10-3 and 10-1 mm' by Peter Pringsheim and O D Saltmarsh, August 1935, RR/56/74, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_56_74/referees-report-by-john-cunningham-mclennan-on-a-paper-fluorescent-emission-of-the-mercury-line-2537-a-at-pressures-between-10-3-and-10-1-mm-by-peter-pringsheim-and-o-d-saltmarsh, accessed on 21 January 2025

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