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Referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'On the transmission of light by thin films of metal' by S Ramaswamy

Reference number: RR/40/61

Date: January 1931

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Sectional committee: Physics

If Professor Dobson believes the paper is suitable for publication, he will also recommend it. The results of the comparison are vague but should be recorded.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1931].

Endorsed on verso as received 27 January 1931.

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RR/40/61
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January 1931
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Alfred Fowler, Referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'On the transmission of light by thin films of metal' by S Ramaswamy, January 1931, RR/40/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_40_61/referees-report-by-alfred-fowler-on-a-paper-on-the-transmission-of-light-by-thin-films-of-metal-by-s-ramaswamy, accessed on 07 November 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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