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Solar Radiations in the 4–6 Metre Radio Wave-Length Band
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Solar Radiations in the 4–6 Metre Radio Wave-Length Band

  • F. J. M. STRATTON1 

Nature volume 157, page 48 (1946)Cite this article

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SIR EDWARD APFLETON'S recent communication1and Mr. Hey's letter above on the solar radiation observed on February 26–28, 1942, suggest that the following chronicles of events may be of interest.

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  1. Nature, 156, 534 (1945).

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STRATTON, F. Solar Radiations in the 4–6 Metre Radio Wave-Length Band. Nature 157, 48 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157048a0

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