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Cosmic Radiation and Radioactive Disintegration

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IN view of the foregoing interesting experiments of Dr. L. R. Maxwell, the following considerations will be of interest since they suggest that a modern view of the nature of cosmic radiation would render highly improbable any measurable effect of such a radiation in the matter of stimulating radioactivity.

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SWANN, W. Cosmic Radiation and Radioactive Disintegration. Nature 122, 998 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122998a0

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