Referee's report by Harry Work Melville, on a paper 'The structure of polychloroprene' by C J Birkett Clews
Reference number: RR/68/36
Date: 1941
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Sectional Committee: Chemistry
Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'.
Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no, except in the detailed portion of part three. Work referred to in the paper was undertaken by the Ministry of Aircraft Production, and is unlikely to be published. The photo-chemistry discussed is already well-known.
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']
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- RR/68/36
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- 1941
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- Standardised form (type E)
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Harry Work Melville, Referee's report by Harry Work Melville, on a paper 'The structure of polychloroprene' by C J Birkett Clews, 1941, RR/68/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_36/referees-report-by-harry-work-melville-on-a-paper-the-structure-of-polychloroprene-by-c-j-birkett-clews, accessed on 21 January 2026
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Date: 18th March 1942
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1942.0027
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Referees' reports: volume 68, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
1941-1944 Reference number: RR/68
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