RefNoRR/W/6/52
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [Meghnad] N Saha to Sir Frank [Edward] Smith, regarding a paper 'Studies on the ionosphere at Allahabad' by B D Pant and R R Bajpai
Date7 November 1938
DescriptionPaper reference code: A.93

Has received the second referee's comments and strongly disagrees with them [see RR/W/6/51 and RR/W/6/49]. Refuses to withdraw the paper. Sends a reply to the referee's comments [see RR/W/6/53]. Argues that the comments are 'more psychological than scientific'. Provides an account of how the results were obtained and insists on their validity. Rebuts position of 'Appleton and others' on wave theory. States that there is not funding available for further study.

[Not published in RS journals but published in Proc.Nat.Inst.Sci.Ind., 5, No.2, 1939].
Extent3p
FormatTypescript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
AccessStatusCatalogued
RelatedRecordRR/W/6/42
RR/W/6/43
RR/W/6/44
RR/W/6/45
RR/W/6/46
RR/W/6/47
RR/W/6/48
RR/W/6/49
RR/W/6/50
RR/W/6/51
RR/W/6/53
RR/W/6/54
RR/W/6/55
RR/W/6/56
RR/W/6/57
RR/W/6/58
RR/W/6/59
RR/W/6/60
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5336Saha; Meghnad N (1893 - 1956)1893 - 1956
NA8091Smith; Sir; Frank Edward (1876 - 1970); physicist1876 - 1970
NA5602Appleton; Sir; Edward Victor (1892 - 1965)1892 - 1965
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