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Referee's report by Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, on a paper 'On the thermal decomposition of methyl nitrite' by A G Carter and Morris William Travers

Reference number: RR/59/8

Date: October 1936

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Sectional Committee: Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests modifying the opening paragraphs to improve clarity.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on verso as received 28 October 1936.

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RR/59/8
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October 1936
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Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Referee's report by Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, on a paper 'On the thermal decomposition of methyl nitrite' by A G Carter and Morris William Travers, October 1936, RR/59/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_59_8/referees-report-by-ronald-george-wreyford-norrish-on-a-paper-on-the-thermal-decomposition-of-methyl-nitrite-by-a-g-carter-and-morris-william-travers, accessed on 17 June 2025

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