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Referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'The absorption of light in caesium vapour in the presence of foreign gases' by Robert William Ditchburn and J Harding

Reference number: RR/59/54

Date: 22 May 1936

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Does not think the paper can be shortened. The paper is a continuation of earlier ones by the same author. The experiments have been carried out skillfully. Suggests submitting the paper to Ralph Howard Fowler, who is more familiar with quantum mechanics.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 25 May 1936.

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RR/59/54
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22 May 1936
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Alfred Fowler, Referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'The absorption of light in caesium vapour in the presence of foreign gases' by Robert William Ditchburn and J Harding, 22 May 1936, RR/59/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_59_54/referees-report-by-alfred-fowler-on-a-paper-the-absorption-of-light-in-caesium-vapour-in-the-presence-of-foreign-gases-by-robert-william-ditchburn-and-j-harding, accessed on 29 April 2025

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