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Memorandum from D C Martin, on a paper 'On the diffraction theory of optical images' by Harold Horace Hopkins, to Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey

Reference number: RR/77/274

Date: 05 January 1953

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Paper reference code: A231

Martin remarks on a communicating letter from Nevill Francis Mott, that in consultation with Dr Burch, they consider this paper suitable for publication by the Royal Society. David Brunt is happy to accept this opinion and does not require a second referee, asks if Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey would agree. Massey responds he agrees and is prepared to accept the paper.

[Published in Proceedings A, 1953].

Endorsed on recto as received 10 January 1953.

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RR/77/274
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05 January 1953
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1 page
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Memorandum from D C Martin, on a paper 'On the diffraction theory of optical images' by Harold Horace Hopkins, to Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey, 05 January 1953, RR/77/274, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_77_274/memorandum-from-d-c-martin-on-a-paper-on-the-diffraction-theory-of-optical-images-by-harold-horace-hopkins-to-harrie-stewart-wilson-massey, accessed on 22 May 2025

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