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Referee's report by Thomas Smith, on a paper 'The current factor in the Kerr electro-optical effect' by H T Jessop

Reference number: RR/58/28

Date: June 1936

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Sectional committee: Physics

Not recommended for publication. It contains no addition to knowledge. The correct theory was given by Maxwell and there are a few typing errors.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 20 June 1936.

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RR/58/28
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June 1936
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Standardised form (type D) and note on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Smith, Referee's report by Thomas Smith, on a paper 'The current factor in the Kerr electro-optical effect' by H T Jessop, June 1936, RR/58/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_58_28/referees-report-by-thomas-smith-on-a-paper-the-current-factor-in-the-kerr-electro-optical-effect-by-h-t-jessop, accessed on 14 July 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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