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Letter from John David Griffith Davies, to Alfred Fowler, regarding a paper 'The emission spectrum of hydrocarbon flames' by E C W Smith

Reference number: RR/66/274

Date: 17 November 1939

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Sectional Committee: Physics

His previous remarks were sent to the author at the request of Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton. Encloses a copy of the remarks and the author's reply. Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton now thinks the paper can be passed.

Note from Alfred Fowler, dated 20 November 1939, states that the author has satisfactorily responded to his previous remarks, and the paper can now be accepted.

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

Endorsed on recto as received 21 November 1939.

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RR/66/274
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17 November 1939
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Alfred Fowler, Letter from John David Griffith Davies, to Alfred Fowler, regarding a paper 'The emission spectrum of hydrocarbon flames' by E C W Smith, 17 November 1939, RR/66/274, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_274/letter-from-john-david-griffith-davies-to-alfred-fowler-regarding-a-paper-the-emission-spectrum-of-hydrocarbon-flames-by-e-c-w-smith, accessed on 11 September 2024

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