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Letter from D C Martin to Charles Alfred Coulson, with Coulson's reply, concerning a paper 'Electrical polarizability as a criterion for molecular wave functions' by J A Abbott and H C Bolton

Reference number: RR/77/149

Date: 29 October 1952

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Paper reference code: A124

Martin asks for Coulson's feedback on the revised version of the paper, which has incorporated Coulson's earlier referee feedback. With Coulson's reply written on the reverse, noting that the paper is now 'alright', aside from one minor correction.

[Published in Proceedings A, 1953].

Endorsed on recto as received 1 September 1952.

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RR/77/149
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29 October 1952
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Charles Alfred Coulson

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Charles Alfred Coulson, Letter from D C Martin to Charles Alfred Coulson, with Coulson's reply, concerning a paper 'Electrical polarizability as a criterion for molecular wave functions' by J A Abbott and H C Bolton, 29 October 1952, RR/77/149, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_77_149/letter-from-d-c-martin-to-charles-alfred-coulson-with-coulsons-reply-concerning-a-paper-electrical-polarizability-as-a-criterion-for-molecular-wave-functions-by-j-a-abbott-and-h-c-bolton, accessed on 13 March 2026

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