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Referee's report by Silvanus Phillips Thompson, on a paper 'Electric furnace reactions under high gaseous pressures' by R S Hutton and Joseph Ernest Petavel

Reference number: RR/17/185

Date: 04 June 1907

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The methods and apparatus are of technical importance, but do not present new or laws or discoveries. Criticises the grammar and choice of language.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 6 June 1907.

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RR/17/185
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04 June 1907
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3 pages
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Silvanus Phillips Thompson, Referee's report by Silvanus Phillips Thompson, on a paper 'Electric furnace reactions under high gaseous pressures' by R S Hutton and Joseph Ernest Petavel, 04 June 1907, RR/17/185, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_185/referees-report-by-silvanus-phillips-thompson-on-a-paper-electric-furnace-reactions-under-high-gaseous-pressures-by-r-s-hutton-and-joseph-ernest-petavel, accessed on 05 December 2024

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