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Referee's report by William Thomas Astbury, on a paper 'Divergent-beam X-ray photography of crystals' by Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale

Reference number: RR/69/215

Date: 1945

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Sectional committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is an excellent paper that is a valuable addition to the literature of X-ray analysis. If the paper is to be condensed for economic reasons, three of the figures could be omitted. However, he is reluctent to suggest any alterations.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1947].

Date received not given.

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RR/69/215
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William Thomas Astbury, Referee's report by William Thomas Astbury, on a paper 'Divergent-beam X-ray photography of crystals' by Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale, 1945, RR/69/215, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_69_215/referees-report-by-william-thomas-astbury-on-a-paper-divergent-beam-x-ray-photography-of-crystals-by-kathleen-yardley-lonsdale, accessed on 07 November 2025

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