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Referee's report by Richard Whiddington, on a paper 'The electrical conductivity of thin metallic films I—Rubidium on pyrex glass surfaces' by A C B Lovell

Reference number: RR/58/60

Date: July 1936

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Sectional committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, if it is reduced in length. The work is 'interesting and useful' but it is far too lengthy and there are too many illustrative curves.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1936].

Endorsed on verso as received 8 July 1936.

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RR/58/60
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July 1936
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Standardised form (type D) and note on paper
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3 pages
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Richard Whiddington, Referee's report by Richard Whiddington, on a paper 'The electrical conductivity of thin metallic films I—Rubidium on pyrex glass surfaces' by A C B Lovell, July 1936, RR/58/60, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_58_60/referees-report-by-richard-whiddington-on-a-paper-the-electrical-conductivity-of-thin-metallic-films-irubidium-on-pyrex-glass-surfaces-by-a-c-b-lovell, accessed on 24 April 2025

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