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

Reference number: RR/66/246

Date: 09 April 1940

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Sectional Committee: Physics

The work has been refused publication as potentially containing information of value to the enemy. A limited number of copies will be printed for Government use, and one copy for the author on condition that it is treated as a confidential document.

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

No received date.

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RR/66/246
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09 April 1940
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Typescript

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Letter from John David Griffith Davies, to John Turton Randall, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins, 09 April 1940, RR/66/246, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_246/letter-from-john-david-griffith-davies-to-john-turton-randall-regarding-a-paper-the-phosphorescence-of-various-solids-by-john-turton-randall-and-maurice-hugh-frederick-wilkins, accessed on 13 December 2024

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