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Referee's report by Frank Edward Smith, on a paper 'An absolute determination of the ampere' by P Vigoureux

Reference number: RR/62/66

Date: 1936

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Finds the previous referee's remarks justified, in that the description could get too diffuse.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

No received date.

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RR/62/66
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1936
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2 pages
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Frank Edward Smith, Referee's report by Frank Edward Smith, on a paper 'An absolute determination of the ampere' by P Vigoureux, 1936, RR/62/66, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_62_66/referees-report-by-frank-edward-smith-on-a-paper-an-absolute-determination-of-the-ampere-by-p-vigoureux, accessed on 17 May 2025

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