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Referee's report by John William Nicholson, on a paper 'Atomic systems based on free electrons, both positive and negative, and their stability' by Richard Hargreaves

Reference number: RR/26/55

Date: November 1921

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper is based on 'defunct experimental knowledge', ad the author is 'not in touch to any sufficient extent with modern developments'. Suggests the author should withdraw the paper.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 9 November 1922.

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RR/26/55
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November 1921
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Standardised form (type D)
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4 pages
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John William Nicholson

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John William Nicholson, Referee's report by John William Nicholson, on a paper 'Atomic systems based on free electrons, both positive and negative, and their stability' by Richard Hargreaves, November 1921, RR/26/55, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_26_55/referees-report-by-john-william-nicholson-on-a-paper-atomic-systems-based-on-free-electrons-both-positive-and-negative-and-their-stability-by-richard-hargreaves, accessed on 18 April 2025

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