Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Referee's report by Charles Herbert Lees, on a paper 'The measurement of contact potential difference' by Charles William Oatley

Reference number: RR/57/127

Date: February 1936

Description

Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests omitting Hull's equations. Suggests giving additional measurements of the Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz coil and its positions. Suggests giving results of Contact Potential measurements, to increase value and clarity.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 7 February 1936.

Reference number
RR/57/127
Earliest possible date
February 1936
Physical description
Standardised form (type D)
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Typescript

Creator name

Charles Herbert Lees

View page for Charles Herbert Lees

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

Charles Herbert Lees, Referee's report by Charles Herbert Lees, on a paper 'The measurement of contact potential difference' by Charles William Oatley, February 1936, RR/57/127, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_57_127/referees-report-by-charles-herbert-lees-on-a-paper-the-measurement-of-contact-potential-difference-by-charles-william-oatley, accessed on 22 January 2025

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_57_127/referees-report-by-charles-herbert-lees-on-a-paper-the-measurement-of-contact-potential-difference-by-charles-william-oatley

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/rr_57_127/referees-report-by-charles-herbert-lees-on-a-paper-the-measurement-of-contact-potential-difference-by-charles-william-oatley" title="Referee's report by Charles Herbert Lees, on a paper 'The measurement of contact potential difference' by Charles William Oatley" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Referee Reports

    Date: 1832-1954

    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    View collection