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Referee's report by William Harold Joseph Childs, on a paper 'Investigations of infra-red spectra (2.5—7.5µ). Absorption of water' by John Jacob Fox and A E Martin

Reference number: RR/66/83

Date: October 1939

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Sectional Committee: Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests condensing the paper, especially as regards the details of the experimental method. Refers to work of E K Plyler, W W Sleator and Mecke. Notes some points requiring clarification.

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

Endorsed on recto as received 17 October 1939.

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RR/66/83
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October 1939
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Standardised form (type E) and letter on paper
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4 pages
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Referee's report by William Harold Joseph Childs, on a paper 'Investigations of infra-red spectra (2.5—7.5µ). Absorption of water' by John Jacob Fox and A E Martin, October 1939, RR/66/83, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_83/referees-report-by-william-harold-joseph-childs-on-a-paper-investigations-of-infra-red-spectra-2575µ-absorption-of-water-by-john-jacob-fox-and-a-e-martin, accessed on 11 September 2024

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