Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter from Klaus Fuchs, on a paper 'The production of mesons by electrons' by I N Sneddon and B F Touschek to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/72/239

Date: 06 July 1949

Description

Apologises for holding the paper for so long, as it arrives when he was on holiday and has been ill upon return. He hasn't been able to look at the revised paper carefully but it is improved and now suitable for publication.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1949].

Endorsed on recto as received 7 July 1949.

Reference number
RR/72/239
Earliest possible date
06 July 1949
Physical description
Standardised form (type E)
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

Letter from Klaus Fuchs, on a paper 'The production of mesons by electrons' by I N Sneddon and B F Touschek to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, 06 July 1949, RR/72/239, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_72_239/letter-from-klaus-fuchs-on-a-paper-the-production-of-mesons-by-electrons-by-i-n-sneddon-and-b-f-touschek-to-d-c-martin-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 06 December 2024

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_72_239/letter-from-klaus-fuchs-on-a-paper-the-production-of-mesons-by-electrons-by-i-n-sneddon-and-b-f-touschek-to-d-c-martin-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/rr_72_239/letter-from-klaus-fuchs-on-a-paper-the-production-of-mesons-by-electrons-by-i-n-sneddon-and-b-f-touschek-to-d-c-martin-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society" title="Letter from Klaus Fuchs, on a paper 'The production of mesons by electrons' by I N Sneddon and B F Touschek to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Related Records

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Explore the collection

  • Referee Reports

    Date: 1832-1954

    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    View collection