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Referee's report by Ernest Rutherford, Baron Rutherford of Nelson, on a paper 'On certain fundamental frequencies and energy constants' by Herbert Stanley Allen

Reference number: RR/57/71

Date: 26 May 1936

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The authors views are clearly expressed, but does not find his conclusions significant. Thinks the author's views should be published, as he has arrived at them from a study of the evidence.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on verso as received 27 May 1936.

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RR/57/71
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26 May 1936
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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3 pages
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Typescript

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Ernest Rutherford

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Ernest Rutherford, Referee's report by Ernest Rutherford, Baron Rutherford of Nelson, on a paper 'On certain fundamental frequencies and energy constants' by Herbert Stanley Allen, 26 May 1936, RR/57/71, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_57_71/referees-report-by-ernest-rutherford-baron-rutherford-of-nelson-on-a-paper-on-certain-fundamental-frequencies-and-energy-constants-by-herbert-stanley-allen, accessed on 07 December 2024

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