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Referee's report by Gordon Miller Bourne Dobson, on a paper 'The Götz inversion of intensity-ratio in zenith-scattered sunlight' by Sydney Chapman

Reference number: RR/53/21

Date: 01 November 1934

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Considers paper too long for the Proceedings. Cannot comment on the mathematics.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 5 November 1934.

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RR/53/21
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01 November 1934
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Gordon Miller Bourne Dobson, Referee's report by Gordon Miller Bourne Dobson, on a paper 'The Götz inversion of intensity-ratio in zenith-scattered sunlight' by Sydney Chapman, 01 November 1934, RR/53/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_53_21/referees-report-by-gordon-miller-bourne-dobson-on-a-paper-the-götz-inversion-of-intensity-ratio-in-zenith-scattered-sunlight-by-sydney-chapman, accessed on 18 July 2025

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