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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests combining the two papers into a single paper, but will not press it if the authors object.

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.

Reference number
RR/68/96
Earliest possible date
1941
Physical description
Standardised form (type E)
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

James Chadwick

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James Chadwick, Referee's report by James Chadwick, on a paper 'Excitation function measurements for disintegrations produced by deuterons in the heavy elements' by R S Krishnan and E A Nahum, 1941, RR/68/96, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_96/referees-report-by-james-chadwick-on-a-paper-excitation-function-measurements-for-disintegrations-produced-by-deuterons-in-the-heavy-elements-by-r-s-krishnan-and-e-a-nahum, accessed on 16 June 2025

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