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Referee's report by Richard Whiddington, on two papers 'Dipole moments and molecular structure. Part I.— A simple resonance method for the measurement of dielectric constants' and 'Dipole moments and molecular structure. Part II.—The trichlorides of the elements of group V' by John William Smith

Reference number: RR/44/71

Date: January 1932

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Sectional committee: Physics

Both papers recommended for publication in Proceedings, in full. Part one could be considerably reduced in length. There are a few errors which should be fixed.

[Both papers published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1932].

Endorsed on verso as received 6 January 1932.

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RR/44/71
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Richard Whiddington, Referee's report by Richard Whiddington, on two papers 'Dipole moments and molecular structure. Part I.— A simple resonance method for the measurement of dielectric constants' and 'Dipole moments and molecular structure. Part II.—The trichlorides of the elements of group V' by John William Smith, January 1932, RR/44/71, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_44_71/referees-report-by-richard-whiddington-on-two-papers-dipole-moments-and-molecular-structure-part-i-a-simple-resonance-method-for-the-measurement-of-dielectric-constants-and-dipole-moments-and-molecular-structure-part-iithe-trichlorides-of-the-elements-of-group-v-by-john-william-smith, accessed on 14 November 2025

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