| RefNo | RR/W/6/52 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter 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 |
| Date | 7 November 1938 |
| Description | Paper 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]. |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Typescript |
| PhysicalDescription | Letter on paper |
| AccessStatus | Catalogued |
| RelatedRecord | RR/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
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5336 | Saha; Meghnad N (1893 - 1956) | 1893 - 1956 |
| NA8091 | Smith; Sir; Frank Edward (1876 - 1970); physicist | 1876 - 1970 |
| NA5602 | Appleton; Sir; Edward Victor (1892 - 1965) | 1892 - 1965 |