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Paper reference code: A37

Mott remarks n-hectane is better than n-centacontane.

Written at University of Bristol, H H Wills Physical Laboratory, Royal Fort, Bristol 8 [England].

[Published in Proceedings A, 1952].

Endorsed on recto as received 13 March 1952.

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RR/77/49
Earliest possible date
11 March 1952
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Nevill Francis Mott

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Nevill Francis Mott, Letter from Nevill Francis Mott, on a paper 'The study of crystal growth with the electron microscope. II. The observation of growth steps in the paraffin n-centacontane' by I M Dawson, 11 March 1952, RR/77/49, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_77_49/letter-from-nevill-francis-mott-on-a-paper-the-study-of-crystal-growth-with-the-electron-microscope-ii-the-observation-of-growth-steps-in-the-paraffin-n-centacontane-by-i-m-dawson, accessed on 20 July 2026

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