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Letter from John Edward Lennard-Jones, on a paper 'Electrical polarizability as a criterion for molecular wave functions' by J A Abbott and H C Bolton, to D C Martin

Reference number: RR/77/148

Date: 29 August 1952

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Paper reference code: A124

Lennard-Jones is unable to read this paper as he is busy moving house and then due to go on holiday, and has already committed himself to read two Fellowship dissertations whilst on holiday. Recommends C A Coulson, R P Bell and Dr S F Boys as possible referees for the paper.

Written at The University Chemical Laboratory, Cambridge England].

[Published in Proceedings A, 1953].

Endorsed on recto as received 1 September 1952.

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RR/77/148
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29 August 1952
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Letter from John Edward Lennard-Jones, on a paper 'Electrical polarizability as a criterion for molecular wave functions' by J A Abbott and H C Bolton, to D C Martin, 29 August 1952, RR/77/148, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_77_148/letter-from-john-edward-lennard-jones-on-a-paper-electrical-polarizability-as-a-criterion-for-molecular-wave-functions-by-j-a-abbott-and-h-c-bolton-to-d-c-martin, accessed on 18 April 2026

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