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Referee's report by Herbert Brereton Baker, on a paper 'On the influence of hydrogen on the pyrolysis of ethane and ethylene near 600°.—Part I' by Morris William Travers and L E Hockin

Reference number: RR/44/106

Date: June 1931

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Sectional committee: Chemistry

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, in part. The paper is too long and should be reduced. Most of the graphs are unnecessary.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1932].

Endorsed on verso as received 15 June 1931.

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RR/44/106
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June 1931
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Herbert Brereton Baker, Referee's report by Herbert Brereton Baker, on a paper 'On the influence of hydrogen on the pyrolysis of ethane and ethylene near 600°.—Part I' by Morris William Travers and L E Hockin, June 1931, RR/44/106, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_44_106/referees-report-by-herbert-brereton-baker-on-a-paper-on-the-influence-of-hydrogen-on-the-pyrolysis-of-ethane-and-ethylene-near-600part-i-by-morris-william-travers-and-l-e-hockin, accessed on 14 November 2025

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