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Sectional committee: Physics

Paper reference code: A151

Recommended for publication in the Proceedings. Ryde remarks the paper 'merits' publication, and does not think the estimated length of 27 pages can be reduced, with comments he would like to add.

[Published in Proceedings A, 1954].

Date received not given.

Reference number
RR/79/166
Earliest possible date
30 September 1953
Physical description
Standardised form (type E)
Page extent
1 page
Format
Typescript

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John Walter Ryde

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John Walter Ryde, Referee's report by John Walter Ryde, on a paper 'The role of quanta in the electric breakdown of gases' by W L Harries and A von Engel, 30 September 1953, RR/79/166, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_79_166/referees-report-by-john-walter-ryde-on-a-paper-the-role-of-quanta-in-the-electric-breakdown-of-gases-by-w-l-harries-and-a-von-engel, accessed on 11 February 2025

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