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Referee's report by Thomas Smith, on a paper 'Microscopy by reconstructed wave-fronts' by Dennis Gabor

Reference number: RR/71/113

Date: 1948

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society to adequately reproduce the figures. Suggests some required corrections for the mathematics. Finds some parts unclear. Does not feel competent to comment on the electrical part of the paper.

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

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RR/71/113
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1948
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1 page
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Thomas Smith, Referee's report by Thomas Smith, on a paper 'Microscopy by reconstructed wave-fronts' by Dennis Gabor, 1948, RR/71/113, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_71_113/referees-report-by-thomas-smith-on-a-paper-microscopy-by-reconstructed-wave-fronts-by-dennis-gabor, accessed on 23 March 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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