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Reference numberRR/75/71
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by William George Penney, on a paper 'A modified method of antisymmetrized molecular orbitals. II. The oxygen and ethelene molecules' by W Moffitt
Date19 April 1951
DescriptionSectional committee: Physics

Paper reference code: A61

Recommends the paper should be published by the Royal Society. Penney remarks on the difficulty he has had with this paper, and suggests if he were writing it he would have put Part I and II together in half the space. Additional comments on a separate typescript page, discussing whether Penney has properly grasped Moffitt's argument on the oxygen molecule.

[Published in Proceedings A, 1951].

Date received not given.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Typescript
Physical descriptionStandardised form (type E)
Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspa.1951.0243
Related records in the catalogueRR/75/68
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA2058Penney; William George (1909 - 1991); Baron Penney of East Hendred1909 - 1991
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