Referee's report by George Downing Liveing, on a paper 'On the effect of the acidic radical on the colour intensity of copper salts' by C S Garrett Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. If published, only the experiments and calculations should be printed. Refers to work of William Houstoun. The conclusions are mostly confirmatory rather than original. The theoretical discussion is 'highly speculative - mostly speculation piled on speculation, a castle in the air'. [Not published] Endorsed on verso as received 29 August 1912. 28 August 1912