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TO give a report of a discussion on a subject so complicated as the physics of the nucleus would be an arduous task at any time, but when it is an occasion for dealing with two new discoveries, it is a task the difficulty of which is sufficient excuse for any shortcomings. Not only did Dr. J. Chad-wick describe his experiments leading to the identification of the neutron at the discussion on the subject at the Royal Society on April 28, but also Lord Rutherford reported that Dr. Cockcroft and Dr. Walton, working in the Cavendish Laboratory, had succeeded in effecting the artificial disintegration of several elements with protons from a high potential discharge tube.
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ELLIS, C. Structure of Atomic Nuclei. Nature 129, 674–676 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129674a0
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