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Referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'A new apparatus for determining the relationship between wave-lengths of light and the fundamental standards of length' by J E Sears and H Barrell

Reference number: RR/46/100

Date: April 1932

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Albert A Michelson and Marie Paul Auguste Charles Fabry.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 1933]

Endorsed on verso as received 20 April 1932.

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RR/46/100
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April 1932
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Alfred Fowler, Referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'A new apparatus for determining the relationship between wave-lengths of light and the fundamental standards of length' by J E Sears and H Barrell, April 1932, RR/46/100, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_46_100/referees-report-by-alfred-fowler-on-a-paper-a-new-apparatus-for-determining-the-relationship-between-wave-lengths-of-light-and-the-fundamental-standards-of-length-by-j-e-sears-and-h-barrell, accessed on 14 May 2026

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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