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Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'On the change of refractive index of linseed oil in the process of drying and its effect on the deterioration of oil paintings' by A P Laurie

Reference number: RR/34/36

Date: 21 May 1926

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The physico-chemical basis of the paper is insubstantial, but the technical applications are interesting.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1926]

Endorsed on verso as received 26 May 1926.

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RR/34/36
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21 May 1926
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Thomas Martin Lowry, Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'On the change of refractive index of linseed oil in the process of drying and its effect on the deterioration of oil paintings' by A P Laurie, 21 May 1926, RR/34/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_34_36/referees-report-by-thomas-martin-lowry-on-a-paper-on-the-change-of-refractive-index-of-linseed-oil-in-the-process-of-drying-and-its-effect-on-the-deterioration-of-oil-paintings-by-a-p-laurie, accessed on 16 January 2025

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