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Referee's report by Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, on two papers 'A spectroscopic investigation of hydrocarbon flames' and 'Spectroscopic observations on hydrocarbon flames in atomic oxygen' by W M Vaidya

Reference number: RR/66/319

Date: June 1940

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests reorganising the three papers into two. Refers to work of Alfred Fowler, Barrow, Pearson and Purcell. Comments on the chemistry.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 22 June 1940.

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RR/66/319
Earliest possible date
June 1940
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Standardised form (type E) and letter on paper
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6 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 two papers 'A spectroscopic investigation of hydrocarbon flames' and 'Spectroscopic observations on hydrocarbon flames in atomic oxygen' by W M Vaidya, June 1940, RR/66/319, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_319/referees-report-by-alfred-charles-glyn-egerton-on-two-papers-a-spectroscopic-investigation-of-hydrocarbon-flames-and-spectroscopic-observations-on-hydrocarbon-flames-in-atomic-oxygen-by-w-m-vaidya, accessed on 05 November 2024

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