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Egerton has asked him to acknowledge receipt of the paper. He has had this deposited in the safe in accordance with Blackett's wishes.

Memorandum of register entry of paper.

List of papers by Halban and others deposited by The Royal Society for safe-keeping during the war.

[Not published].

Reference number
RR/67/222
Earliest possible date
05 December 1940
Physical description
Letter on paper, memoransum on paper and two copies of deposit records
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Typescript
Manuscript

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Letter and memorandum from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society on a paper 'On the nucleus of uranium' by H Halban and L Kowarski to Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, 05 December 1940, RR/67/222, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_222/letter-and-memorandum-from-j-d-griffith-davies-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society-on-a-paper-on-the-nucleus-of-uranium-by-h-halban-and-l-kowarski-to-patrick-maynard-stuart-blackett, accessed on 11 February 2025

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