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Letter from Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett of Chelsea, to John David Griffith Davies, regarding a paper 'The production of cosmic-ray bursts by mesotrons' by C B O Mohr and Godfrey Harry Stafford

Reference number: RR/68/247

Date: 01 October 1942

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Notes a mistake in the calibration factor of the ionisation chamber. Thinks some of the quantities may be wrong. Suggests adding standard errors to the diagrams. Refers to work by J Franklin Carlson and Marcel Schein, Harold Albert Wilson and Walter Heinrich Heitler. Gives details of calibration. Suggests consulting with the comunicator Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey.

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

Endorsed on recto as received 2 October 1942.

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RR/68/247
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01 October 1942
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Typescript

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Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett

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Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Letter from Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett of Chelsea, to John David Griffith Davies, regarding a paper 'The production of cosmic-ray bursts by mesotrons' by C B O Mohr and Godfrey Harry Stafford, 01 October 1942, RR/68/247, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_247/letter-from-patrick-maynard-stuart-blackett-baron-blackett-of-chelsea-to-john-david-griffith-davies-regarding-a-paper-the-production-of-cosmic-ray-bursts-by-mesotrons-by-c-b-o-mohr-and-godfrey-harry-stafford, accessed on 05 December 2024

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