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Referee's report by Edward Arthur Milne, on a paper 'Classical theory of radiating electrons' by Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac

Reference number: RR/65/73

Date: April 1938

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in Proceedings. There are some minor slips and omissions made by the author. The author should re-write the paper and make clear precisely what he is assuming. A second opinion should be sought about the paper.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1938].

Endorsed on verso as received 2 April 1938.

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RR/65/73
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April 1938
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Standardised form (type E) and note on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Arthur Milne, Referee's report by Edward Arthur Milne, on a paper 'Classical theory of radiating electrons' by Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, April 1938, RR/65/73, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_65_73/referees-report-by-edward-arthur-milne-on-a-paper-classical-theory-of-radiating-electrons-by-paul-adrien-maurice-dirac, accessed on 23 January 2025

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