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Referee's report by Robert Robertson, on a paper 'The absorption of light by chlorine, bromine and their gaseous mixtures' by L T M Gray and D W G Style

Reference number: RR/38/50

Date: 20 November 1929

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Sectional committee: Chemistry

Recommended for publication in Proceedings. The paper is 'bad in style', 'frequently obscure in description' and 'wanting in clearness of exposition'. The results recorded are important and therefore worthy of being published. The paper should be modified prior to publication.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1930].

Endorsed on verso as received 21 November 1929.

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RR/38/50
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20 November 1929
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Standardised form (type D) and typed note on paper
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2 pages
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Robert Robertson, Referee's report by Robert Robertson, on a paper 'The absorption of light by chlorine, bromine and their gaseous mixtures' by L T M Gray and D W G Style, 20 November 1929, RR/38/50, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_38_50/referees-report-by-robert-robertson-on-a-paper-the-absorption-of-light-by-chlorine-bromine-and-their-gaseous-mixtures-by-l-t-m-gray-and-d-w-g-style, accessed on 07 August 2026

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