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Referee's report by Arthur Stanley Eddington, on a paper 'On the values of fundamental atomic constants' by Sten Von Friesen

Reference number: RR/64/22

Date: February 1937

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Refers to work of Millikan, and the necessity of a new survey. Suggests giving the values for the omitted fifth constant. Suggests adding some clarifying statements to the tables.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 12 February 1937.

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RR/64/22
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February 1937
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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3 pages
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Arthur Stanley Eddington, Referee's report by Arthur Stanley Eddington, on a paper 'On the values of fundamental atomic constants' by Sten Von Friesen, February 1937, RR/64/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_64_22/referees-report-by-arthur-stanley-eddington-on-a-paper-on-the-values-of-fundamental-atomic-constants-by-sten-von-friesen, accessed on 21 March 2025

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