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Referee's report by Cecil Reginald Burch, on a paper 'Light distribution near focus in an error free diffraction image' by E Wolf

Reference number: RR/73/156

Date: 12 July 1950

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Sectional committee: Physics

Paper reference code: A116

Recommended for publication in Proceedings. Burch writes: 'Although I have no hesitation ok ing the paper as it stands, I think I might be able to help the author to improve his statement...' Suggests improvements to make the paper less mathematical and technical.

[Published in Proceedings A, 1951].

Date received not given.

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RR/73/156
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12 July 1950
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Cecil Reginald Burch

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Cecil Reginald Burch, Referee's report by Cecil Reginald Burch, on a paper 'Light distribution near focus in an error free diffraction image' by E Wolf, 12 July 1950, RR/73/156, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_73_156/referees-report-by-cecil-reginald-burch-on-a-paper-light-distribution-near-focus-in-an-error-free-diffraction-image-by-e-wolf, accessed on 17 June 2026

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