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Referee's report by Thomas Ralph Merton, on a paper 'The continuous absorption spectrum of methyl bromide and its quantal interpretation' by Phyllis Fink and Charles Frederick Goodeve

Reference number: RR/64/8

Date: August 1937

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Declines to give an opinion regarding publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Does not feel qualified to express an opinion on some aspects of the paper. Suggests submitting the paper to another referee.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 21 August 1937.

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RR/64/8
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August 1937
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Thomas Ralph Merton, Referee's report by Thomas Ralph Merton, on a paper 'The continuous absorption spectrum of methyl bromide and its quantal interpretation' by Phyllis Fink and Charles Frederick Goodeve, August 1937, RR/64/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_64_8/referees-report-by-thomas-ralph-merton-on-a-paper-the-continuous-absorption-spectrum-of-methyl-bromide-and-its-quantal-interpretation-by-phyllis-fink-and-charles-frederick-goodeve, accessed on 24 June 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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