Referee's report by Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, on a paper 'The electromagnetic field due to a uniformly and rigidly electrified sphere in spinless accelerated motion and its mechanical reaction on the sphere—I' by George Adolphus Schott
Reference number: RR/56/99
Date: January 1936
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Sectional Committee: Mathematics
Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The paper is based on pre-relativity concepts, and makes no mention of the work of Hendrik Antoon Lorentz. Finds the conclusions incorrect.
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']
Endorsed on verso as received 17 January 1936.
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Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, Referee's report by Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, on a paper 'The electromagnetic field due to a uniformly and rigidly electrified sphere in spinless accelerated motion and its mechanical reaction on the sphere—I' by George Adolphus Schott, January 1936, RR/56/99, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_56_99/referees-report-by-paul-adrien-maurice-dirac-on-a-paper-the-electromagnetic-field-due-to-a-uniformly-and-rigidly-electrified-sphere-in-spinless-accelerated-motion-and-its-mechanical-reaction-on-the-spherei-by-george-adolphus-schott, accessed on 26 April 2025
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The electromagnetic field due to a uniformly and rigidly electrified sphere in spinless accelerated motion and its mechanical reaction on the sphere—I External link, opens in new tab.
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DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1936.0162
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Referees' reports: volume 56, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
1935 Reference number: RR/56
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