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Referee's report by Cecil Reginald Burch, on a paper 'Microscopy by reconstructed wave-fronts' by Dennis Gabor

Reference number: RR/71/111

Date: 1948

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', at least the light-optical part. Suggests claerly defining things which ought to work from things which work. Suggest amending the introduction to aid clarity. Suggests dividing the paper into two parts, theory and application.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

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RR/71/111
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1948
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Cecil Reginald Burch

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Cecil Reginald Burch, Referee's report by Cecil Reginald Burch, on a paper 'Microscopy by reconstructed wave-fronts' by Dennis Gabor, 1948, RR/71/111, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_71_111/referees-report-by-cecil-reginald-burch-on-a-paper-microscopy-by-reconstructed-wave-fronts-by-dennis-gabor, accessed on 23 March 2025

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