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Reference numberRR/51/117
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, on a paper 'The influence of pressure on the spontaneous ignition of inflammable gas-air mixtures. I.—Butane-air mixtures' by Donald T A Townend and M R Mandlekar
Date[May 1933]
DescriptionSectional Committee: Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The paper presents new information about a critical pressure region, and are in a rush to publish. 'I happen to be working on very similar lines, in fact we are bound to clash to some extent - but I hope to the good of the subject!'

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1933]

Endorsed on verso as received 11 May 1933.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionStandardised form (type D)
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspa.1933.0132 Vol.141 1933
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8212Egerton; Sir; Alfred Charles Glyn (1886 - 1959); chemist1886 - 1959
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