Referees' reports: volume 48, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication

Reference number: RR/48

Date: 1932-1933

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Containing referee's reports arranged alphabetically by the lead author of the paper submitted to the Royal Society for review in 1932 to 1933.

Notable referees and authors include Douglas Rayner Hartree, Leslie Harold Martin and Ralph Howard Fowler.

When report is on a standardised form (D), the questions are:
1. Whether or not the paper should be read before the Society
2. Whether the paper should or should not be published by the Society
3. Whether, in the former case, it should be published in the 'Philosophical Transactions' or 'Proceedings'
4. Whether it should be published in full or only in part or whether any material modifications are necessary
5. Which illustrations, if any, accompanying the paper should be reproduced
General remarks

Reference number: RR/48
Earliest possible date: 1932-1933
Physical description: Loose paper in folders
Page extent: One box comprising 135 reports
Format: Typescript
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Referees' reports: volume 48, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication, 1932-1933, RR/48, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_48/referees-reports-volume-48-peer-reviews-of-scientific-papers-submitted-to-the-royal-society-for-publication, accessed on 11 October 2024

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This volume contains 135 manuscripts:

Referee's report by Cecil Henry Desch, on a paper 'On the effect of the temperature of liquid hydrogen (-252.8° C.) On the tensile properties of forty-one specimens of metals comprising (a) pure iron 99.85%; (b) four carbon steels; (c) thirty alloy steels; (d) copper and nickel; (e) four non-ferrous alloy' by W J De Haas and Robert Abbott Hadfield
June 1933 Creator: Cecil Henry Desch Reference number: RR/48/1
Referee's report by Walter Rosenhain, on a paper 'On the effect of the temperature of liquid hydrogen (-252.8° C.) On the tensile properties of forty-one specimens of metals comprising (a) pure iron 99.85%; (b) four carbon steels; (c) thirty alloy steels; (d) copper and nickel; (e) four non-ferrous alloy' by W J De Haas and Robert Abbott Hadfield
May 1933 Creator: Walter Rosenhain Reference number: RR/48/2
Referee's report by Archibald Vivian Hill, on a paper 'The freezing point of yolk and white of egg' by H P Hale
January 1933 Creator: Archibald Vivian Hill Reference number: RR/48/3
Referee's report by Samuel Walter Johnson Smith, on a paper 'Laboratory determinations of the magnetic properties of certain igneous rocks' by A F Hallimond
May 1933 Creator: Samuel Walter Johnson Smith Reference number: RR/48/4

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Referees' reports on scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
1831- Reference number: RR

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Referee Reports

Date: 1832-1954

This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

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