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Second referee's report by Norman Feather, on a paper 'Nuclear disintegrations produced by cosmic rays' by J B Harding, S Lattimore and Donald Hill Perkins

Reference number: RR/71/141

Date: 16 November 1948

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Sectional Committee: Physics

The revised paper is much improved, and is now suitable for publication. Makes some minor comments for correction at galley proof stage. Suggests adding a simple justification for the statement 'from the liquid-drop model restricted to surface waves only'.

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

Endorsed on recto as received 17 November 1948.

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RR/71/141
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16 November 1948
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1 page
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Norman Feather

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Norman Feather, Second referee's report by Norman Feather, on a paper 'Nuclear disintegrations produced by cosmic rays' by J B Harding, S Lattimore and Donald Hill Perkins, 16 November 1948, RR/71/141, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_71_141/second-referees-report-by-norman-feather-on-a-paper-nuclear-disintegrations-produced-by-cosmic-rays-by-j-b-harding-s-lattimore-and-donald-hill-perkins, accessed on 05 October 2024

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