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Referee's report by Sydney Chapman, on a paper 'On the photo-ionization of molecules' by B D Nag Chowdhuri and K Basu

Reference number: RR/66/210

Date: May 1939

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The problem considered is an important one, but the paper as it stands is open to criticism on both physical and mathematical grounds. Outlines criticisms of the method and results. The paper is 'overwritten' and treated heavily.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 16 May 1939.

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RR/66/210
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May 1939
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4 pages
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Sydney Chapman, Referee's report by Sydney Chapman, on a paper 'On the photo-ionization of molecules' by B D Nag Chowdhuri and K Basu, May 1939, RR/66/210, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_210/referees-report-by-sydney-chapman-on-a-paper-on-the-photo-ionization-of-molecules-by-b-d-nag-chowdhuri-and-k-basu, accessed on 22 April 2025

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