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Referee's report by Frederick Alexander Lindemann, Viscount Cherwell, on a paper 'On a physical theory of stellar spectra' by Meghnad N Saha

Reference number: RR/26/129

Date: February 1921

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests the paper could be shortened. The paper may need some corrections.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 1 February 1921.

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RR/26/129
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February 1921
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Frederick Alexander Lindemann

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Frederick Alexander Lindemann, Referee's report by Frederick Alexander Lindemann, Viscount Cherwell, on a paper 'On a physical theory of stellar spectra' by Meghnad N Saha, February 1921, RR/26/129, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_26_129/referees-report-by-frederick-alexander-lindemann-viscount-cherwell-on-a-paper-on-a-physical-theory-of-stellar-spectra-by-meghnad-n-saha, accessed on 10 February 2025

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