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Sectional Committee: Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The paper is an important contribution, and the experimental method is ingenious.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 8 November 1939.

Reference number
RR/66/151
Earliest possible date
November 1939
Physical description
Standardised form (type E)
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Robert Whytlaw-Gray

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Robert Whytlaw-Gray, Referee's report by Robert Whytlaw-Gray, on a paper 'Adsorption of lauryl sulphonic acid in the surface of its aqueous solution, and the Gibbs theorem' by James William McBain and Lloyd A Wood, November 1939, RR/66/151, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_151/referees-report-by-robert-whytlaw-gray-on-a-paper-adsorption-of-lauryl-sulphonic-acid-in-the-surface-of-its-aqueous-solution-and-the-gibbs-theorem-by-james-william-mcbain-and-lloyd-a-wood, accessed on 07 February 2026

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