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Referee's report by Ralph Howard Fowler, on a paper 'Theory of the vibrations of the sodium chloride lattice' by E W Kellermann

Reference number: RR/66/138

Date: November 1939

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Sectional Committee: Not stated [Physics]

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests also presenting the results as a distribution function. Suggests some changes to notation and use of English. Refers to Maria Goeppert Mayer and Johannes Diderik van der Waals. Finds the paper 'a pleasure to read'.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 30 November 1939.

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RR/66/138
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November 1939
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Standardised form (type E) and letter on paper
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4 pages
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Typescript

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Ralph Howard Fowler, Referee's report by Ralph Howard Fowler, on a paper 'Theory of the vibrations of the sodium chloride lattice' by E W Kellermann, November 1939, RR/66/138, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_138/referees-report-by-ralph-howard-fowler-on-a-paper-theory-of-the-vibrations-of-the-sodium-chloride-lattice-by-e-w-kellermann, accessed on 14 December 2024

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