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Referee's report by Robert Robertson, on a paper 'The influence of pressure on the spontaneous ignition and limits of inflammability of ether-air mixtures' by Donald T A Townend and E A C Chamberlain

Reference number: RR/62/59

Date: September 1936

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Sectional Committee: Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 5 September 1936.

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RR/62/59
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September 1936
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2 pages
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Robert Robertson, Referee's report by Robert Robertson, on a paper 'The influence of pressure on the spontaneous ignition and limits of inflammability of ether-air mixtures' by Donald T A Townend and E A C Chamberlain, September 1936, RR/62/59, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_62_59/referees-report-by-robert-robertson-on-a-paper-the-influence-of-pressure-on-the-spontaneous-ignition-and-limits-of-inflammability-of-ether-air-mixtures-by-donald-t-a-townend-and-e-a-c-chamberlain, accessed on 12 July 2025

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