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Referee's report by Ralph Howard Fowler, on a paper 'The Hamiltonian equation in the new quantum mechanics' by John Marshall

Reference number: RR/34/64

Date: January 1927

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The paper contains nothing new. Comments about a calculation that, if corrected, might make the paper eligible for publication.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 22 January 1927.

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RR/34/64
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January 1927
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2 pages
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Ralph Howard Fowler

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Ralph Howard Fowler, Referee's report by Ralph Howard Fowler, on a paper 'The Hamiltonian equation in the new quantum mechanics' by John Marshall, January 1927, RR/34/64, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_34_64/referees-report-by-ralph-howard-fowler-on-a-paper-the-hamiltonian-equation-in-the-new-quantum-mechanics-by-john-marshall, accessed on 20 January 2026

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