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Referee's report by W H J Childs, on two papers 'Infra-red absorption spectra of some amino compounds' and 'The vibrations and the molecular structure of urea and guanidonium' by Lotte Kellner

Reference number: RR/67/264

Date: September 1940

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Sectional committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in Proceedings. The papers would be improved if they were more concise., especially in view of the tentative nature of the conclusions. The figures should be modified.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no.

[Both papers published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1941].

Endorsed on verso as received 19 September 1940.

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RR/67/264
Earliest possible date
September 1940
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Standardised form (type E) and note on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript
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Referee's report by W H J Childs, on two papers 'Infra-red absorption spectra of some amino compounds' and 'The vibrations and the molecular structure of urea and guanidonium' by Lotte Kellner, September 1940, RR/67/264, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_264/referees-report-by-w-h-j-childs-on-two-papers-infra-red-absorption-spectra-of-some-amino-compounds-and-the-vibrations-and-the-molecular-structure-of-urea-and-guanidonium-by-lotte-kellner, accessed on 11 September 2024

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