Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Referee's report by Gordon Miller Bourne Dobson, on a paper 'The seasonal variations of cosmic-ray intensity and temperature of the atmosphere' by A Duperier

Reference number: RR/67/106

Date: 16 March 1940

Description

Sectional committee: Physics

Not recommended for publication. The conclusions seem correct, but the arguments on which they are based are 'not at all convincing'.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1940].

Endorsed on verso as received 20 March 1940.

Reference number
RR/67/106
Earliest possible date
16 March 1940
Physical description
Standardised form (type E)
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Gordon Miller Bourne Dobson

View page for Gordon Miller Bourne Dobson

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

Gordon Miller Bourne Dobson, Referee's report by Gordon Miller Bourne Dobson, on a paper 'The seasonal variations of cosmic-ray intensity and temperature of the atmosphere' by A Duperier, 16 March 1940, RR/67/106, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_106/referees-report-by-gordon-miller-bourne-dobson-on-a-paper-the-seasonal-variations-of-cosmic-ray-intensity-and-temperature-of-the-atmosphere-by-a-duperier, accessed on 17 May 2025

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_106/referees-report-by-gordon-miller-bourne-dobson-on-a-paper-the-seasonal-variations-of-cosmic-ray-intensity-and-temperature-of-the-atmosphere-by-a-duperier

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/rr_67_106/referees-report-by-gordon-miller-bourne-dobson-on-a-paper-the-seasonal-variations-of-cosmic-ray-intensity-and-temperature-of-the-atmosphere-by-a-duperier" title="Referee's report by Gordon Miller Bourne Dobson, on a paper 'The seasonal variations of cosmic-ray intensity and temperature of the atmosphere' by A Duperier" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Referee Reports

    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

    View collection