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Referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'On the constitution of the secondary spectrum of hydrogen' by William Mitchinson Hicks

Reference number: RR/29/1

Date: 25 May 1923

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Sectional committee: Physics

Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions or Proceedings. The investigation is 'on entirely wrong lines' and the results don't have 'any real significance'.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 23 May 1923.

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RR/29/1
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25 May 1923
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Standardised form (type D) and typed note on paper
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6 pages
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Typescript
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Alfred Fowler

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Alfred Fowler, Referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'On the constitution of the secondary spectrum of hydrogen' by William Mitchinson Hicks, 25 May 1923, RR/29/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_29_1/referees-report-by-alfred-fowler-on-a-paper-on-the-constitution-of-the-secondary-spectrum-of-hydrogen-by-william-mitchinson-hicks, accessed on 05 October 2024

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