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Referee's report by Douglas Rayner Hartree, on a paper 'The normal vibrations of bridge X2 Y6 molecules' by Ronald Percy Bell and Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins

Reference number: RR/68/432

Date: 1944

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Sectional Committee: Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Finds the argument too condensed in places to follow without prior familiarity with the theory. Requests clarification for some points of the chemical bonds, and some of the terminology used.

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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RR/68/432
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1944
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2 pages
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Douglas Rayner Hartree, Referee's report by Douglas Rayner Hartree, on a paper 'The normal vibrations of bridge X2 Y6 molecules' by Ronald Percy Bell and Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins, 1944, RR/68/432, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_432/referees-report-by-douglas-rayner-hartree-on-a-paper-the-normal-vibrations-of-bridge-x2-y6-molecules-by-ronald-percy-bell-and-hugh-christopher-longuet-higgins, accessed on 21 June 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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