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Sectional committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in Proceedings. The changed arguments of the paper and the introduction of experimental detail makes it suitable for publication.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1940 as 'The electric strength of some solid dielectrics'].

Endorsed on verso as received 14 May 1940.

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RR/67/9
Earliest possible date
May 1940
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Standardised form (type E)
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant

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Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant, Second referee's report by Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant, on a paper 'The electric structure of solid dielectrics in relation to the theory of electronic breakdown' by A E W Austen and S Whitehead, May 1940, RR/67/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_9/second-referees-report-by-marcus-laurence-elwin-oliphant-on-a-paper-the-electric-structure-of-solid-dielectrics-in-relation-to-the-theory-of-electronic-breakdown-by-a-e-w-austen-and-s-whitehead, accessed on 16 June 2025

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