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Referee's report by Arthur Stanley Eddington, on a paper 'Integral electromagnetic theorems in general relativity' by John Lighton Synge

Reference number: RR/62/40

Date: June 1936

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The handling of the distinction between space-like and time-like elements is elegant. Refers to work of George Frederick James Temple.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 30 June 1936.

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RR/62/40
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June 1936
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Arthur Stanley Eddington

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Arthur Stanley Eddington, Referee's report by Arthur Stanley Eddington, on a paper 'Integral electromagnetic theorems in general relativity' by John Lighton Synge, June 1936, RR/62/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_62_40/referees-report-by-arthur-stanley-eddington-on-a-paper-integral-electromagnetic-theorems-in-general-relativity-by-john-lighton-synge, accessed on 05 October 2024

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