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Reference numberRR/77/206
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, on a paper 'The thermal decomposition of normal paraffin hydrocarbons' by C G Silcocks and Morris William Travers
Date[1952]
DescriptionSectional committee: Chemistry

Paper reference code: A175

Not recommended for publication. Hinshelwood notes that 'The paper contains an attack on my laboratory so I may be taken to be an interested party'. Suggests the Society seek further referees, but nevertheless provides detailed criticism of the paper. Concludes by saying 'The whole thing is a hopeless muddle'.

[Published in Proceedings A, 1954].

[not dated, but the Register of Papers says this was received at the Royal Society on 16 October 1952]
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionStandardised form (type E)
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspa.1954.0059
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA7750Hinshelwood; Sir; Cyril Norman (1897 - 1967); chemist1897 - 1967
NA3014Travers; Morris William (1872 - 1961)1872 - 1961
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