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Referee's report by Charles Galton Darwin, on a paper 'The diffraction of cathode rays' by J M Whittaker

Reference number: RR/37/150

Date: April 1928

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

Not recommended for publication. There is not enough merit in the paper.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 2 April 1928.

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RR/37/150
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April 1928
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Charles Galton Darwin

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Charles Galton Darwin, Referee's report by Charles Galton Darwin, on a paper 'The diffraction of cathode rays' by J M Whittaker, April 1928, RR/37/150, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_37_150/referees-report-by-charles-galton-darwin-on-a-paper-the-diffraction-of-cathode-rays-by-j-m-whittaker, accessed on 12 March 2026

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