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Sectional Committee: Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests separating the paper into two parts and giving them more informative titles. Suggests some modification that would be required for two papers. Suggests using square brackets instead of round brackets for chemical concentrations. 'The usual convention among physical chemists is to empty square brackets for this purpose'.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 31 October 1927.

Reference number
RR/36/8
Earliest possible date
29 October 1927
Physical description
Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

James Charles Philip

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James Charles Philip, Referee's report by James Charles Philip, on a paper 'An investigation of aqueous solutions of sulphur dioxide' by C E Maass and Otto Maass, 29 October 1927, RR/36/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_36_8/referees-report-by-james-charles-philip-on-a-paper-an-investigation-of-aqueous-solutions-of-sulphur-dioxide-by-c-e-maass-and-otto-maass, accessed on 12 February 2025

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