Referee's report by Frederick George Donnan, 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
Reference number: RR/66/152
Date: August 1939

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Sectional Committee: Chemistry
Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The paper contains nothing of sufficient novelty or importance. The same types of measurements have been published previously by the same author. Considers the paper more suitable for a specialist journal.
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']
Endorsed on verso as received 30 August 1939.
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Frederick George Donnan, Referee's report by Frederick George Donnan, 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, August 1939, RR/66/152, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_152/referees-report-by-frederick-george-donnan-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 24 May 2025
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Referees' reports on scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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Referees' reports: volume 66, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
1939 Reference number: RR/66
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