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Referee's report by Ernest Rutherford, on a paper 'The composition of the x-rays from various metals' by George William Clarkson Kaye

Reference number: RR/24/53

Date: March 1917

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The results are interesting, but has doubts about the analytical methods.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1917]

Endorsed on verso as received 26 March 1917.

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RR/24/53
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March 1917
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Ernest Rutherford, Referee's report by Ernest Rutherford, on a paper 'The composition of the x-rays from various metals' by George William Clarkson Kaye, March 1917, RR/24/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_24_53/referees-report-by-ernest-rutherford-on-a-paper-the-composition-of-the-x-rays-from-various-metals-by-george-william-clarkson-kaye, accessed on 13 June 2025

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