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IT would be a pity if—as, of course, cannot be intended—the remarks in the leading article of Dec. 17 were taken, among an uninstructed public, to imply some disparagement of the scientific quality of the output of the Cavendish Laboratory in proportion to its extent. In the present avalanche of theories of atomic processes and radiation, what appears to be necessary more than ever is precise and informed experiment in this complex and elusive domain. Where are we likely to secure these ideals if not in a company where all the practical experience of all the ages of radio-activity is concentrated? At any rate, it may be permitted to record the judgment of one outside student of current physical literature, that it is not there that the fault, if any, is to be located.
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LARMOR, J. The Publications of the Royal Society. Nature 120, 954 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120954c0
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