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Sectional committee: Chemistry

Recommended for publication in Proceedings. He has discussed the paper with the authors.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies yes.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1945].

Endorsed on verso as received 10 November 1941.

Reference number
RR/67/385
Earliest possible date
November1941
Physical description
Standardised form (type E)
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Frank Sturdy Sinnatt

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Frank Sturdy Sinnatt, Referee's report by Frank Sturdy Sinnatt, on a paper 'On the catalytic cyclization of aliphatic hydrocarbons. I' by Eric Keightley Rideal and E F G Herington, November1941, RR/67/385, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_385/referees-report-by-frank-sturdy-sinnatt-on-a-paper-on-the-catalytic-cyclization-of-aliphatic-hydrocarbons-i-by-eric-keightley-rideal-and-e-f-g-herington, accessed on 12 February 2026

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