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Paper reference code: A150

Merton remarks the previous paper in this series was sent to him to referee, therefore if it is required to send him this paper it is not needed as he has already examined the content.

Written at Subbings House, Maidenhead Thicket, Berkshire [England].

[Published in Proceedings A, 1952].

Endorsed on recto as received 16 August 1952.

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RR/77/170
Earliest possible date
15 August 1952
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Thomas Ralph Merton

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Thomas Ralph Merton, Letter from Thomas Ralph Merton, on a paper 'The production of diffraction gratings. II. The generation of helical rulings and the preparation of place gratings therefrom' by R G N Hall and L A Sayce, to John Courtney Graddon, 15 August 1952, RR/77/170, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_77_170/letter-from-thomas-ralph-merton-on-a-paper-the-production-of-diffraction-gratings-ii-the-generation-of-helical-rulings-and-the-preparation-of-place-gratings-therefrom-by-r-g-n-hall-and-l-a-sayce-to-john-courtney-graddon, accessed on 17 August 2026

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