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Referee's report by Jocelyn Field Thorpe, on a paper 'The configuration of the carbon atom' by W Barlow

Reference number: RR/32/22

Date: May 1926

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Sectional committee: Chemistry

Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions or Proceedings. The theoretical conclusions are 'unsupported by experimental evidence'.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 20 May 1926.

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RR/32/22
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May 1926
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Standardised form (type D)
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Jocelyn Field Thorpe

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Jocelyn Field Thorpe, Referee's report by Jocelyn Field Thorpe, on a paper 'The configuration of the carbon atom' by W Barlow, May 1926, RR/32/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_32_22/referees-report-by-jocelyn-field-thorpe-on-a-paper-the-configuration-of-the-carbon-atom-by-w-barlow, accessed on 14 April 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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