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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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Reference number
RR/68/36
Earliest possible date
1941
Physical description
Standardised form (type E)
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Harry Work Melville

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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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