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Referee's report by Harold Roper Robinson, on a paper 'Absorption of radium (B+C) gamma-rays' by J E Roberts

Reference number: RR/68/495

Date: 10 April 1944

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Sectional Committee: Physics

No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Likes the way the work has been done and presented, the experimental work is good, and the interpretation satisfactory. The results are probably not complete, but not much more can be got from them. The results are of practical interest, rather than a significant advance. Refers to work of Louis Harold Gray, previously published in the Proceedings. Publication is commended by the paper being communicated by Edmund Clifton Stoner. His own feeling is slightly against publicationm but the paper is good and he won't object to publication.

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']

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RR/68/495
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10 April 1944
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Harold Roper Robinson, Referee's report by Harold Roper Robinson, on a paper 'Absorption of radium (B+C) gamma-rays' by J E Roberts, 10 April 1944, RR/68/495, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_495/referees-report-by-harold-roper-robinson-on-a-paper-absorption-of-radium-bc-gamma-rays-by-j-e-roberts, accessed on 07 March 2026

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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