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Referee's report by Arthur Stanley Eddington, on a paper 'On a physical theory of stellar spectra' by Meghnad N Saha

Reference number: RR/26/128

Date: January 1921

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests omitting the concluding remarks. Suggests the author state the actual temperatures more clearly.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1921]

Endorsed on verso as received 24 January 1921.

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RR/26/128
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January 1921
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Arthur Stanley Eddington, Referee's report by Arthur Stanley Eddington, on a paper 'On a physical theory of stellar spectra' by Meghnad N Saha, January 1921, RR/26/128, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_26_128/referees-report-by-arthur-stanley-eddington-on-a-paper-on-a-physical-theory-of-stellar-spectra-by-meghnad-n-saha, accessed on 22 June 2025

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