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Referee's report by Edward Battersby Bailey, on a paper 'Pebbles, natural and artificial, Their shape under various conditions of abrasion' by Robert John Strutt

Reference number: RR/68/405

Date: 1943

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests clarifying the use of the terms 'glacial drift' and 'glacial gravel'. Suggests clarifying the terms used to describe the apparatus. Hopes the author will conduct further experiments on the subject.

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

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

No received date.

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Edward Battersby Bailey, Referee's report by Edward Battersby Bailey, on a paper 'Pebbles, natural and artificial, Their shape under various conditions of abrasion' by Robert John Strutt, 1943, RR/68/405, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_405/referees-report-by-edward-battersby-bailey-on-a-paper-pebbles-natural-and-artificial-their-shape-under-various-conditions-of-abrasion-by-robert-john-strutt, accessed on 11 July 2025

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