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Referee's report by Norman Feather, on a paper 'The scattering of 4·2 MeV protons by deuterium, helium and other light elements' by Walter Heinrich Heitler, A N May and Cecil Frank Powell

Reference number: RR/69/162

Date: 09 July 1946

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Sectional committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in Proceedings. The paper is important but is written in a 'very undistinguished style with many loose constructions'. It should be revised before submission. The has noted obvious errors.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1947].

Date received not given.

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RR/69/162
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09 July 1946
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Norman Feather, Referee's report by Norman Feather, on a paper 'The scattering of 4·2 MeV protons by deuterium, helium and other light elements' by Walter Heinrich Heitler, A N May and Cecil Frank Powell, 09 July 1946, RR/69/162, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_69_162/referees-report-by-norman-feather-on-a-paper-the-scattering-of-42-mev-protons-by-deuterium-helium-and-other-light-elements-by-walter-heinrich-heitler-a-n-may-and-cecil-frank-powell, accessed on 07 August 2026

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