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Referee's report by Samuel Walter Johnson Smith, on a paper 'A unique electrode potential characteristic of a metal, and a theory for the mechanism of electrode potential' by A L McAulay and E C R Spooner

Reference number: RR/48/108

Date: August 1932

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Sectional Committee: Chemistry

No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The hypothesis is new to the referee. Refers to work of Ralph Howard Fowler and Gurney [?]. Suggests more direct tests be made on their conclusions.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 2 August 1932.

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RR/48/108
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August 1932
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Samuel Walter Johnson Smith, Referee's report by Samuel Walter Johnson Smith, on a paper 'A unique electrode potential characteristic of a metal, and a theory for the mechanism of electrode potential' by A L McAulay and E C R Spooner, August 1932, RR/48/108, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_48_108/referees-report-by-samuel-walter-johnson-smith-on-a-paper-a-unique-electrode-potential-characteristic-of-a-metal-and-a-theory-for-the-mechanism-of-electrode-potential-by-a-l-mcaulay-and-e-c-r-spooner, accessed on 29 April 2025

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