Referee's report by Henry Thomas Tizard, on a paper 'The thermal decomposition of gaseous diethyl ether at high pressures' by Dudley Maurice Newitt and M A Vernon Sectional committee: Chemistry Recommended for publication in Proceedings, in full. They refer to Hinshelwood's paper on a similar subject, yet their analyses are very different, which they do not comment on. They should do an experiment to compare their findings to Hinshelwood's . [Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1932]. Endorsed on verso as received 10 August 1931. 7 August 1931