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Referee's report by James Chadwick, on a paper 'Applications of the photographic method to problems in nuclear physics. II. The scattering of 8.8 and 13 MeV neutrons by protons' by F C Champion and Cecil Frank Powell

Reference number: RR/68/274

Date: 1943

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Data has been omitted in some places.

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/68/274
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1943
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2 pages
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James Chadwick, Referee's report by James Chadwick, on a paper 'Applications of the photographic method to problems in nuclear physics. II. The scattering of 8.8 and 13 MeV neutrons by protons' by F C Champion and Cecil Frank Powell, 1943, RR/68/274, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_274/referees-report-by-james-chadwick-on-a-paper-applications-of-the-photographic-method-to-problems-in-nuclear-physics-ii-the-scattering-of-88-and-13-mev-neutrons-by-protons-by-f-c-champion-and-cecil-frank-powell, accessed on 15 February 2026

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