Referee's report by Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, on a paper 'Statistical mechanics of binary systems' by Klaus Fuchs
Reference number: RR/68/43
Date: 1941
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Sectional Committee: Mathematics
Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Notes that the paper was communicated by Max Born. Suggests amending the title. Refers to work of Ralph Howard Fowler, Edward Armand Guggenheim and George Stanley Rushbrooke. Discusses the formulae. Suggests the text be amended to make clear reference to previous work on the subject. See also report by Edward Armand Guggenheim.
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']
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- Reference number
- RR/68/43
- Earliest possible date
- 1941
- Physical description
- Standardised form (type E) and letter on paper
- Page extent
- 6 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, Referee's report by Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, on a paper 'Statistical mechanics of binary systems' by Klaus Fuchs, 1941, RR/68/43, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_43/referees-report-by-alfred-charles-glyn-egerton-on-a-paper-statistical-mechanics-of-binary-systems-by-klaus-fuchs, accessed on 19 January 2026
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Referees' reports: volume 68, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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