Referee's report by Thomas Edward Thorpe, on the Bakerian Lecture 'On the diffusion of metals' by William Chandler Roberts-Austen Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions as the paper marks a distinct step in the advancement of natural knowledge. Some of the plates should be reduced to avoid having to create a folding plate. Subject: Chemistry [Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1896]. 2 March 1896