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Second referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'Luminescence of mercury vapour along an a-ray pencil, and transfer of nitrogen excitation to mercury' by A Luyckx

Reference number: RR/66/149

Date: June 1939

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The Communicator has made many amendments to the paper, which is now ready for the printers. Suggests the editor of the Proceedings read the paper carefully, and make any necessary alterations to the numbering of the figures.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 26 June 1939.

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RR/66/149
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June 1939
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Alfred Fowler, Second referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'Luminescence of mercury vapour along an a-ray pencil, and transfer of nitrogen excitation to mercury' by A Luyckx, June 1939, RR/66/149, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_149/second-referees-report-by-alfred-fowler-on-a-paper-luminescence-of-mercury-vapour-along-an-a-ray-pencil-and-transfer-of-nitrogen-excitation-to-mercury-by-a-luyckx, accessed on 21 March 2025

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