Referee's report by John Edward Lennard-Jones, on a paper 'The absorption spectra and photochemistry of polyatomic molecules containing alkyl radicals - V—Vibration frequencies and structure' by Harold Warris Thompson and John Wilfrid Linnett
Reference number: RR/62/56
Date: February 1937
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Sectional Committee: Physics
Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Finds the limitations of the experiment not completely appreciated, andthe results not critically analysed. Criticises the determination of the force constants.
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']
Endorsed on verso as received 18 February 1937.
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John Edward Lennard-Jones, Referee's report by John Edward Lennard-Jones, on a paper 'The absorption spectra and photochemistry of polyatomic molecules containing alkyl radicals - V—Vibration frequencies and structure' by Harold Warris Thompson and John Wilfrid Linnett, February 1937, RR/62/56, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_62_56/referees-report-by-john-edward-lennard-jones-on-a-paper-the-absorption-spectra-and-photochemistry-of-polyatomic-molecules-containing-alkyl-radicals-vvibration-frequencies-and-structure-by-harold-warris-thompson-and-john-wilfrid-linnett, accessed on 08 September 2026
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Date: 15th June 1937
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1937.0125
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Referees' reports: volume 62, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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