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Letter from Rudolph Ernst Peirels, on a paper 'The excitation of nuclei by electrons' by Ian Naismith Sneddon and B F Touschek to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/70/223

Date: 01 January 1946

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Returns the paper, which he now deems suitable for publication. It isn't necessary to add an explanation. Slight modifications should be made in proof. Wishes to disclose his identity to the authors.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1948].

Endorsed on recto as received 5 January 1948.

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RR/70/223
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01 January 1946
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Typescript

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Rudolf Ernst Peierls

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Rudolf Ernst Peierls, Letter from Rudolph Ernst Peirels, on a paper 'The excitation of nuclei by electrons' by Ian Naismith Sneddon and B F Touschek to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, 01 January 1946, RR/70/223, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_70_223/letter-from-rudolph-ernst-peirels-on-a-paper-the-excitation-of-nuclei-by-electrons-by-ian-naismith-sneddon-and-b-f-touschek-to-d-c-martin-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 12 December 2025

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