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Referee's report by Robert Whytlaw-Gray, on a paper 'The persistence of the liquid state of aggregation above the critical temperature. The system ethylene' by Otto Maass and A L Geddes

Reference number: RR/58/67

Date: 08 October 1936

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Sectional committee: Chemistry

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, in part. The authors 'make a strong case for their views' and although these might not be acceptable to some, it is still a question of importance. The paper could be shortened very considerably.The paper would gain more clarity if it were condensed.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1937].

Endorsed on verso as received 9 October 1936.

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RR/58/67
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08 October 1936
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Robert Whytlaw-Gray, Referee's report by Robert Whytlaw-Gray, on a paper 'The persistence of the liquid state of aggregation above the critical temperature. The system ethylene' by Otto Maass and A L Geddes, 08 October 1936, RR/58/67, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_58_67/referees-report-by-robert-whytlaw-gray-on-a-paper-the-persistence-of-the-liquid-state-of-aggregation-above-the-critical-temperature-the-system-ethylene-by-otto-maass-and-a-l-geddes, accessed on 18 July 2025

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