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Letter from [Arthur Stewart] Eve to Sir Frank [Edward Smith], regarding a paper 'The influence of magnetic fields on persistent currents in superconductors' by K C Mann, H [Grayson] Smith, and J O Wilhelm

Reference number: RR/W/6/33

Date: 02 June 1938

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Paper reference code: A.71

The communicator [Eve] agrees to withdraw the paper, but highlights that he believes in the authors and is 'not sure in my own mind that this is the proper course to pursue'. Acknowledges the referee's offer to discuss the paper.

[Not published in RS journals but published in the Physical Review, v. 54, 758, Nov. 1938].

Received 3 June 1938

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RR/W/6/33
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02 June 1938
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Letter from [Arthur Stewart] Eve to Sir Frank [Edward Smith], regarding a paper 'The influence of magnetic fields on persistent currents in superconductors' by K C Mann, H [Grayson] Smith, and J O Wilhelm, 02 June 1938, RR/W/6/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_6_33/letter-from-arthur-stewart-eve-to-sir-frank-edward-smith-regarding-a-paper-the-influence-of-magnetic-fields-on-persistent-currents-in-superconductors-by-k-c-mann-h-grayson-smith-and-j-o-wilhelm, accessed on 10 June 2026

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