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Referee's report by Alfred Gordon Gaydon, on a paper 'The emission of the negative system of nitrogen from the upper atmosphere and the significance of the twilight flash in the theory of the ionosphere' by David Robert Bates

Reference number: RR/71/29

Date: 1948

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, due to its length and comprehensive nature. Finds it desirable to print the paper in the same journal as the previous paper by the same author.

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

No received date.

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RR/71/29
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1948
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1 page
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Alfred Gordon Gaydon

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Alfred Gordon Gaydon, Referee's report by Alfred Gordon Gaydon, on a paper 'The emission of the negative system of nitrogen from the upper atmosphere and the significance of the twilight flash in the theory of the ionosphere' by David Robert Bates, 1948, RR/71/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_71_29/referees-report-by-alfred-gordon-gaydon-on-a-paper-the-emission-of-the-negative-system-of-nitrogen-from-the-upper-atmosphere-and-the-significance-of-the-twilight-flash-in-the-theory-of-the-ionosphere-by-david-robert-bates, accessed on 19 March 2025

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    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

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