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Referee's report by Arthur Stanley Eddington, on a paper 'A relativistic basis of the quantum theory III' by H T Flint

Reference number: RR/55/126

Date: March 1935

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, in full. The work appears incomplete, but is put forward as a step towards a fuller theory. A good deal of the paper is 'on the right lines' and it shows 'considerable power and insight'. The paper is clearly written and no omission or alterations is needed.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1935].

Endorsed on verso as received 19 March 1935.

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RR/55/126
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March 1935
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Arthur Stanley Eddington, Referee's report by Arthur Stanley Eddington, on a paper 'A relativistic basis of the quantum theory III' by H T Flint, March 1935, RR/55/126, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_55_126/referees-report-by-arthur-stanley-eddington-on-a-paper-a-relativistic-basis-of-the-quantum-theory-iii-by-h-t-flint, accessed on 16 June 2025

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