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Referee's report by Sydney Chapman, on a paper 'On the action of ultra-violet sunlight upon the upper atmosphere' by Meghnad N Saha

Reference number: RR/62/1

Date: November 1936

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Finds the paper slovenly ad not yet ready for the printers. Suggests submitting the paper to an authority on spectroscopic notation, such as Owen Willans Richardson. Provides detailed list of suggested alterations to the text. Refers to work of Hopfield.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 6 November 1936.

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RR/62/1
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November 1936
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Sydney Chapman, Referee's report by Sydney Chapman, on a paper 'On the action of ultra-violet sunlight upon the upper atmosphere' by Meghnad N Saha, November 1936, RR/62/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_62_1/referees-report-by-sydney-chapman-on-a-paper-on-the-action-of-ultra-violet-sunlight-upon-the-upper-atmosphere-by-meghnad-n-saha, accessed on 19 March 2025

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