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Referee's report by Thomas Smith, on a paper 'Further observations on the limits of resolution and visibility of the microscope' by K B Merling-Eisenberg

Reference number: RR/63/12

Date: February 1937

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Sectional committee: Physics

Not recommended for publication. The author discusses theoretical questions which he doesn't appear to understand. His conclusions cannot be accepted.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 20 February 1937.

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RR/63/12
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February 1937
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2 pages
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Thomas Smith, Referee's report by Thomas Smith, on a paper 'Further observations on the limits of resolution and visibility of the microscope' by K B Merling-Eisenberg, February 1937, RR/63/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_63_12/referees-report-by-thomas-smith-on-a-paper-further-observations-on-the-limits-of-resolution-and-visibility-of-the-microscope-by-k-b-merling-eisenberg, accessed on 16 January 2025

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