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Referee's report by Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett of Chelsea, on a paper 'Some observations on cosmic rays using a large randomly operated cloud chamber' by Evan James Williams

Reference number: RR/66/334

Date: May 1939

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. After discussion with the author, some small alterations have been made.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 4 May 1939.

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RR/66/334
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May 1939
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Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Referee's report by Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett of Chelsea, on a paper 'Some observations on cosmic rays using a large randomly operated cloud chamber' by Evan James Williams, May 1939, RR/66/334, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_334/referees-report-by-patrick-maynard-stuart-blackett-baron-blackett-of-chelsea-on-a-paper-some-observations-on-cosmic-rays-using-a-large-randomly-operated-cloud-chamber-by-evan-james-williams, accessed on 26 April 2025

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