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Letter from Thomas George Cowling, on two papers 'Electronic wave functions - I. A general method of calculation for the stationary states of any molecular system' and 'Electronic wave functions II. A calculation for the ground state of the beryllium atom' by Samuel Francis Boys to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/72/44

Date: 19 September 1949

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Isn't qualified to give a full report but will make a report to the chairman of the sectional committee on the parts of the paper he understands.

[Both papers published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1950].

Endorsed on recto as received 15 September 1949.

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Thomas George Cowling, Letter from Thomas George Cowling, on two papers 'Electronic wave functions - I. A general method of calculation for the stationary states of any molecular system' and 'Electronic wave functions II. A calculation for the ground state of the beryllium atom' by Samuel Francis Boys to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, 19 September 1949, RR/72/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_72_44/letter-from-thomas-george-cowling-on-two-papers-electronic-wave-functions-i-a-general-method-of-calculation-for-the-stationary-states-of-any-molecular-system-and-electronic-wave-functions-ii-a-calculation-for-the-ground-state-of-the-beryllium-atom-by-samuel-francis-boys-to-d-c-martin-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 06 December 2025

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