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Letter from John David Griffith Davies, to Herbert John Gough, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins

Reference number: RR/66/239

Date: 24 January 1940

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Encloses paper. Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton requests his opinion as to whether the paper can 'be safely published as not containing information likely to be of use to the enemy'.

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

No received date.

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RR/66/239
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24 January 1940
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Typescript

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Herbert John Gough

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Herbert John Gough, Letter from John David Griffith Davies, to Herbert John Gough, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins, 24 January 1940, RR/66/239, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_239/letter-from-john-david-griffith-davies-to-herbert-john-gough-regarding-a-paper-the-phosphorescence-of-various-solids-by-john-turton-randall-and-maurice-hugh-frederick-wilkins, accessed on 11 October 2024

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