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Referee's report by Charles Vernon Boys, on a paper 'Constants of explosion of cordite and of modified cordite' by Robert Robertson

Reference number: RR/17/83

Date: March 1906

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Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. As cordite is not an element or chemical compound, considers the paper to be of a chemical rather than scientific interest, otherwise the paper would be recommended for publication. Cordite 'can only be considered an arbitary mixture'.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on verso as received 6 March 1906.

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RR/17/83
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March 1906
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2 pages
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Charles Vernon Boys

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Charles Vernon Boys, Referee's report by Charles Vernon Boys, on a paper 'Constants of explosion of cordite and of modified cordite' by Robert Robertson, March 1906, RR/17/83, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_83/referees-report-by-charles-vernon-boys-on-a-paper-constants-of-explosion-of-cordite-and-of-modified-cordite-by-robert-robertson, accessed on 25 March 2025

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