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Referee's report by Ralph Howard Fowler, on a paper 'The continuous absorption of light in potassium vapour' by Robert William Ditchburn, J Tunstead and J G Yates

Reference number: RR/68/225

Date: 1942

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Corrects reference to Douglas Rayner Hartree.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no.

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

No received date.

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RR/68/225
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1942
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Standardised form (type E)
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2 pages
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Ralph Howard Fowler, Referee's report by Ralph Howard Fowler, on a paper 'The continuous absorption of light in potassium vapour' by Robert William Ditchburn, J Tunstead and J G Yates, 1942, RR/68/225, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_225/referees-report-by-ralph-howard-fowler-on-a-paper-the-continuous-absorption-of-light-in-potassium-vapour-by-robert-william-ditchburn-j-tunstead-and-j-g-yates, accessed on 09 October 2024

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