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Referee's report by Eric Keightley Rideal, on a paper 'The electrical condition of hot surfaces. Part VI.—A gold surface catalysing the combustion of carbonic oxide' by George Ingle Finch and B W Bradford

Reference number: RR/48/82

Date: August 1933

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Sectional Committee: Chemistry

No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Has doubts about the investigation. Suggests Owen Willans Richardson should give an opinion.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1934]

Endorsed on verso as received 18 August 1933.

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RR/48/82
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August 1933
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Eric Keightley Rideal, Referee's report by Eric Keightley Rideal, on a paper 'The electrical condition of hot surfaces. Part VI.—A gold surface catalysing the combustion of carbonic oxide' by George Ingle Finch and B W Bradford, August 1933, RR/48/82, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_48_82/referees-report-by-eric-keightley-rideal-on-a-paper-the-electrical-condition-of-hot-surfaces-part-via-gold-surface-catalysing-the-combustion-of-carbonic-oxide-by-george-ingle-finch-and-b-w-bradford, accessed on 15 March 2025

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