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Referee's report by Ernest Rutherford, on a paper 'Time effects in the magnetic cooling method-I' by W Heitler and E Teller

Reference number: RR/58/10

Date: April 1936

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Sectional committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, in full.

Includes letter to Rutherford [dated 20 April 1936] that recommends two papers for publication, with modifications. The referee is unable to express an opinion on the mathematical side of the papers.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1936].

Endorsed on verso as received 22 April 1936.

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RR/58/10
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April 1936
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Ernest Rutherford, Referee's report by Ernest Rutherford, on a paper 'Time effects in the magnetic cooling method-I' by W Heitler and E Teller, April 1936, RR/58/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_58_10/referees-report-by-ernest-rutherford-on-a-paper-time-effects-in-the-magnetic-cooling-method-i-by-w-heitler-and-e-teller, accessed on 16 January 2026

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