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Referee's report by Sydney Chapman, on a paper 'Gas law based on molecular dimensions and molecular forces' by Otto Maass

Reference number: RR/34/50

Date: 17 April 1926

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The paper adds noting new. Refers to work of Johannes Diderik van der Waals.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 20 April 1926.

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RR/34/50
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17 April 1926
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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5 pages
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Typescript
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Sydney Chapman

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Sydney Chapman, Referee's report by Sydney Chapman, on a paper 'Gas law based on molecular dimensions and molecular forces' by Otto Maass, 17 April 1926, RR/34/50, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_34_50/referees-report-by-sydney-chapman-on-a-paper-gas-law-based-on-molecular-dimensions-and-molecular-forces-by-otto-maass, accessed on 20 January 2026

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