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Referee's report by William Edward Curtis, on a paper 'The fine structure of the spectral lines of H2: measurements with a reflexion echelon' by E W Foster and Owen Willans Richardson

Reference number: RR/68/461

Date: 1944

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

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/68/461
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1944
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2 pages
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William Edward Curtis, Referee's report by William Edward Curtis, on a paper 'The fine structure of the spectral lines of H2: measurements with a reflexion echelon' by E W Foster and Owen Willans Richardson, 1944, RR/68/461, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_461/referees-report-by-william-edward-curtis-on-a-paper-the-fine-structure-of-the-spectral-lines-of-h2-measurements-with-a-reflexion-echelon-by-e-w-foster-and-owen-willans-richardson, accessed on 11 November 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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