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Memorandum and letter from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'The kinetics of the thermal decomposition of acetophenone' Cyril Norman Hinshelwood and R E Smith to Eric Keightley Rideal

Reference number: RR/67/237

Date: 17 July 1940

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Asks Rideal if the paper can be passed. Includes abstract of the paper.

Rideal replies 'yes'.

Includes letter to the author (dated 26 July 1940), informing him that his paper has been accepted by the referee. Some modifications should be made with regard to temperatures. The paper is 'a model of conciseness and clarity'.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1940].

Memorandum endorsed on recto as received 20 July 1940.

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RR/67/237
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17 July 1940
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Memorandum on paper, note on paper and letter on paper
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3 pages
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Typescript

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Eric Keightley Rideal

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Eric Keightley Rideal, Memorandum and letter from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'The kinetics of the thermal decomposition of acetophenone' Cyril Norman Hinshelwood and R E Smith to Eric Keightley Rideal, 17 July 1940, RR/67/237, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_237/memorandum-and-letter-from-j-d-griffith-davies-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society-on-a-paper-the-kinetics-of-the-thermal-decomposition-of-acetophenone-cyril-norman-hinshelwood-and-r-e-smith-to-eric-keightley-rideal, accessed on 18 August 2026

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