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Referee's report by Ralph Howard Fowler, on a paper 'A quantum mechanical discussion of the cohesive forces and thermal expansion coefficients of the alkali metals' by Herbert Fröhlich

Reference number: RR/59/85

Date: July 1936

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests providing further explanation of the experimental method. 'This is a case for redrawing the diagrams to our own style if we had our own draughtsman!'

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

Endorsed on verso as received 28 July 1936.

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RR/59/85
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July 1936
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Ralph Howard Fowler, Referee's report by Ralph Howard Fowler, on a paper 'A quantum mechanical discussion of the cohesive forces and thermal expansion coefficients of the alkali metals' by Herbert Fröhlich, July 1936, RR/59/85, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_59_85/referees-report-by-ralph-howard-fowler-on-a-paper-a-quantum-mechanical-discussion-of-the-cohesive-forces-and-thermal-expansion-coefficients-of-the-alkali-metals-by-herbert-fröhlich, accessed on 08 December 2025

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