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Referee's report by Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, on a paper 'Ultimate measurements of space and time' by H T Flint

Reference number: RR/59/71

Date: October 1936

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Does not understand the paper, which is unintelligible. It uses terms from quantum mechanics, but with a different set of concepts.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 12 October 1936.

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RR/59/71
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October 1936
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac

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Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, Referee's report by Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, on a paper 'Ultimate measurements of space and time' by H T Flint, October 1936, RR/59/71, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_59_71/referees-report-by-paul-adrien-maurice-dirac-on-a-paper-ultimate-measurements-of-space-and-time-by-h-t-flint, accessed on 15 June 2025

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