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Referee's report by Ralph Allen Sampson, on a paper 'The physical meaning of spherical aberration' by L C Martin

Reference number: RR/26/101

Date: July 1921

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Considers the paper good and agrees with the opinions of the first referee, does not consider the paper suitable for the Royal Society. Would rather see the paper published 'by some specialised journal or Society'.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 19 July 1921.

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RR/26/101
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July 1921
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2 pages
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Ralph Allen Sampson

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Ralph Allen Sampson, Referee's report by Ralph Allen Sampson, on a paper 'The physical meaning of spherical aberration' by L C Martin, July 1921, RR/26/101, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_26_101/referees-report-by-ralph-allen-sampson-on-a-paper-the-physical-meaning-of-spherical-aberration-by-l-c-martin, accessed on 14 April 2026

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