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Reference numberRR/77/210
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Harry Work Melville, on a paper 'The thermal decomposition of normal paraffin hydrocarbons' by C G Silcocks and Morris William Travers
Date20 August 1953
DescriptionSectional committee: Chemistry

Paper reference code: A175

Suitable for publishing in the Proceedings. Melville notes that the revised version of the paper 'is now much improved' with 'a great deal of factual material'. The discussion section contains speculations which in Melville's view are not supported by the experimental results. Suggests Cyril Norman Hinshelwood should review the paper before publication.

[Published in Proceedings A, 1954].

Date received not given.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionStandardised form (type E)
Digital imagesView item on Science in the Making
Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspa.1954.0059
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA5160Melville; Sir; Harry Work (1908 - 2000)1908 - 2000
NA3014Travers; Morris William (1872 - 1961)1872 - 1961
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