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Referee's report by Hector Munro Macdonald, on a paper 'Aberration diffraction effects' by G C Steward

Reference number: RR/29/56

Date: March 1923

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The results 'could have been presented in a more compact manner'. However, this would involves re-writing the paper which would take a lot of time and effort. Therefore, the paper should be published 'as it stands'.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1926].

Endorsed on verso as received 15 March 1923.

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RR/29/56
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March 1923
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Hector Munro Macdonald

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Hector Munro Macdonald, Referee's report by Hector Munro Macdonald, on a paper 'Aberration diffraction effects' by G C Steward, March 1923, RR/29/56, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_29_56/referees-report-by-hector-munro-macdonald-on-a-paper-aberration-diffraction-effects-by-g-c-steward, accessed on 18 January 2025

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