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Referee's report by Arthur Smithells, on a paper 'Researches on the chemistry of coal.—Part III. The extraction of coals by benzene under pressure' by William Arthur Bone, A R Pearson and R Quarendon

Reference number: RR/30/13

Date: April 1924

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Sectional Committee: Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests the paper should be condensed. The first two parts have already been published in the Proceedings. The paper would have been quite suited for the Society of Chemical Industry.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1924]

Endorsed on verso as received 1 April 1924.

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RR/30/13
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April 1924
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Arthur Smithells, Referee's report by Arthur Smithells, on a paper 'Researches on the chemistry of coal.—Part III. The extraction of coals by benzene under pressure' by William Arthur Bone, A R Pearson and R Quarendon, April 1924, RR/30/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_30_13/referees-report-by-arthur-smithells-on-a-paper-researches-on-the-chemistry-of-coalpart-iii-the-extraction-of-coals-by-benzene-under-pressure-by-william-arthur-bone-a-r-pearson-and-r-quarendon, accessed on 22 March 2025

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