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Referee's report by Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, on a paper 'The influence of pressure on the spontaneous ignition of inflammable gas-air mixtures. I.—Butane-air mixtures' by Donald T A Townend and M R Mandlekar

Reference number: RR/51/117

Date: May 1933

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Sectional Committee: Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The paper presents new information about a critical pressure region, and are in a rush to publish. 'I happen to be working on very similar lines, in fact we are bound to clash to some extent - but I hope to the good of the subject!'

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1933]

Endorsed on verso as received 11 May 1933.

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RR/51/117
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May 1933
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2 pages
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Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton

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Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, Referee's report by Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, on a paper 'The influence of pressure on the spontaneous ignition of inflammable gas-air mixtures. I.—Butane-air mixtures' by Donald T A Townend and M R Mandlekar, May 1933, RR/51/117, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_51_117/referees-report-by-alfred-charles-glyn-egerton-on-a-paper-the-influence-of-pressure-on-the-spontaneous-ignition-of-inflammable-gas-air-mixtures-ibutane-air-mixtures-by-donald-t-a-townend-and-m-r-mandlekar, accessed on 11 September 2024

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