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Letter from Frank Sturdy Sinnatt, on a paper 'On the catalytic cyclization of aliphatic hydrocarbons. I' by Eric Keightley Rideal and E F G Herington to Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton

Reference number: RR/67/386

Date: 19 November 1941

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The paper is excellent and will form a distinct addition to knowledge. It's publication should be held up until after the war, as it will be of interest to Germany. He means this from an academic and practical standpoint.

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

Endorsed on recto as received 18 November 1941.

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RR/67/386
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19 November 1941
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Frank Sturdy Sinnatt

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Frank Sturdy Sinnatt, Letter from Frank Sturdy Sinnatt, on a paper 'On the catalytic cyclization of aliphatic hydrocarbons. I' by Eric Keightley Rideal and E F G Herington to Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, 19 November 1941, RR/67/386, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_386/letter-from-frank-sturdy-sinnatt-on-a-paper-on-the-catalytic-cyclization-of-aliphatic-hydrocarbons-i-by-eric-keightley-rideal-and-e-f-g-herington-to-alfred-charles-glyn-egerton, accessed on 09 July 2025

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