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Reference numberRR/62/5
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Edward Victor Appleton, on a paper 'On the action of ultra-violet sunlight upon the upper atmosphere' by Meghnad N Saha
Date[September 1936]
DescriptionSectional Committee: Physics

No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The arguments advanced have been published prviously by the author. No evidence is given for the challenge to Sydney Chapman's Bakerian lecture. Considers this very nearly a duplicate publication of the earlier work.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on verso as received 22 September 1936.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionStandardised form (type D)
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspa.1937.0101 Vol.160 1937
Related records in the catalogueRR/62/1
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA5602Appleton; Sir; Edward Victor (1892 - 1965)1892 - 1965
NA5336Saha; Meghnad N (?1893 - 1956)?1893 - 1956
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