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Referee's report by Charles Drummond Ellis, on a paper 'Absorption of radium (B+C) gamma-rays' by J E Roberts

Reference number: RR/68/496

Date: 1944

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The paper is more suited to the Physcial Society. The work is not of sufficient scientific importance. The 'results may possibly be mildly useful'. The work does not have much use beyond a record of careful measurements.

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/68/496
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1944
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Standardised form (type E)
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Drummond Ellis, Referee's report by Charles Drummond Ellis, on a paper 'Absorption of radium (B+C) gamma-rays' by J E Roberts, 1944, RR/68/496, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_496/referees-report-by-charles-drummond-ellis-on-a-paper-absorption-of-radium-bc-gamma-rays-by-j-e-roberts, accessed on 21 April 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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