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Referee's report by Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, on a paper 'The friction of clean metals and the influence of adsorbed gases. The temperature coefficient of friction' by Frank Philip Bowden and T P Hughes

Reference number: RR/66/31

Date: 1939

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Sectional Committee: Not stated [Chemistry]

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Makes some comments on the experiment and oxygen distribution.

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

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RR/66/31
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1939
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2 pages
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Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton

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Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, Referee's report by Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, on a paper 'The friction of clean metals and the influence of adsorbed gases. The temperature coefficient of friction' by Frank Philip Bowden and T P Hughes, 1939, RR/66/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_31/referees-report-by-alfred-charles-glyn-egerton-on-a-paper-the-friction-of-clean-metals-and-the-influence-of-adsorbed-gases-the-temperature-coefficient-of-friction-by-frank-philip-bowden-and-t-p-hughes, accessed on 17 November 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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