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Referee's report by George Paget Thomson, on a paper 'An optical examination of thin films. I.—The optical constants of mercury' by Leif Tronstad and C G P Feachem

Reference number: RR/48/75

Date: January 1934

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests expanding the description of the apparatus and clearly defining the mathematical symbols.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1934]

Endorsed on verso as received 24 January 1934.

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January 1934
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George Paget Thomson, Referee's report by George Paget Thomson, on a paper 'An optical examination of thin films. I.—The optical constants of mercury' by Leif Tronstad and C G P Feachem, January 1934, RR/48/75, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_48_75/referees-report-by-george-paget-thomson-on-a-paper-an-optical-examination-of-thin-films-ithe-optical-constants-of-mercury-by-leif-tronstad-and-c-g-p-feachem, accessed on 20 June 2025

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