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Referee's report by Alfred Gordon Gaydon, on a paper 'The ultra-violet spectra and electron configuration of HgF and related halide molecules' by H G Howell

Reference number: RR/68/382

Date: 1943

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Draws the author's attention to a recent paper by Charles A Fowler.

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/68/382
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1943
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Alfred Gordon Gaydon, Referee's report by Alfred Gordon Gaydon, on a paper 'The ultra-violet spectra and electron configuration of HgF and related halide molecules' by H G Howell, 1943, RR/68/382, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_382/referees-report-by-alfred-gordon-gaydon-on-a-paper-the-ultra-violet-spectra-and-electron-configuration-of-hgf-and-related-halide-molecules-by-h-g-howell, accessed on 24 May 2025

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