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Referee's report by Jocelyn Field Thorpe, on a paper 'The density and compressibility of phosphine gas; the atomic weight of phosphorus' by Mowbray Ritchie

Reference number: RR/40/76

Date: February 1930

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Sectional committee: Chemistry

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, in full. It is concisely written and is a contribution to knowledge. The paper should be referred to a physical chemist to offer an opinion on.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 19 February 1930.

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RR/40/76
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February 1930
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Jocelyn Field Thorpe, Referee's report by Jocelyn Field Thorpe, on a paper 'The density and compressibility of phosphine gas; the atomic weight of phosphorus' by Mowbray Ritchie, February 1930, RR/40/76, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_40_76/referees-report-by-jocelyn-field-thorpe-on-a-paper-the-density-and-compressibility-of-phosphine-gas-the-atomic-weight-of-phosphorus-by-mowbray-ritchie, accessed on 16 April 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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