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Referee's report by Charles Galton Darwin, on a paper 'The equations of electromagnetism. I - Fundamental identifications. II - Field theory' by Edward Arthur Milne

Reference number: RR/63/20

Date: August 1937

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

He doesn't agree with the results of the paper but the theory is good enough to be printed. The papers are far too long and should be considerably shortened. There should be a fuller discussion about the implications of the formula for a magnetic field. The paper should be forwarded to Dirac, although he isn't sure if he is currently abroad.

[Noth papers published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1938].

Endorsed on verso as received 19 August 1937.

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Charles Galton Darwin, Referee's report by Charles Galton Darwin, on a paper 'The equations of electromagnetism. I - Fundamental identifications. II - Field theory' by Edward Arthur Milne, August 1937, RR/63/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_63_20/referees-report-by-charles-galton-darwin-on-a-paper-the-equations-of-electromagnetism-i-fundamental-identifications-ii-field-theory-by-edward-arthur-milne, accessed on 03 December 2024

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