Referee's report by Harry Work Melville, on a paper 'The thermal decomposition of normal paraffin hydrocarbons' by C G Silcocks and Morris William Travers Sectional 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. 20 August 1953