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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests rewriting the introduction. Comments on the chemical formula given for rubies, and the implications for the work. Notes areas where further clarity is required.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies yes, similar papers have been assigned to Proceedings C.

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

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RR/68/296
Earliest possible date
August 1942
Physical description
Standardised form (type E)
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Typescript

Creator name

John Turton Randall

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John Turton Randall, Referee's report by John Turton Randall, on a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins, August 1942, RR/68/296, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_296/referees-report-by-john-turton-randall-on-a-paper-short-period-phosphorescence-and-electron-traps-by-g-f-j-garlick-and-maurice-hugh-frederick-wilkins, accessed on 17 February 2025

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