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Second letter from Harold Brewer Hartley, to Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, regarding two papers 'The infra-red spectra of polymers and related monomers. I' and 'The infra-red spectra of polymers and related monomers. II' by Harold Warris Thompson and P Torkington

Reference number: RR/68/506

Date: 31 July 1944

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Sectional Committee: Chemistry

Encloses letter from John Jacob Fox, and his reply. If the author amends the papers as suggested by John Jacob Fox then the paper could be published. 'I am sorry to have been the cause of delay, but priority leaves me rather cold at this particular moment'.

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

Endorsed on recto as received 1 August 1944.

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RR/68/506
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31 July 1944
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Harold Brewer Hartley, Second letter from Harold Brewer Hartley, to Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, regarding two papers 'The infra-red spectra of polymers and related monomers. I' and 'The infra-red spectra of polymers and related monomers. II' by Harold Warris Thompson and P Torkington, 31 July 1944, RR/68/506, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_506/second-letter-from-harold-brewer-hartley-to-alfred-charles-glyn-egerton-regarding-two-papers-the-infra-red-spectra-of-polymers-and-related-monomers-i-and-the-infra-red-spectra-of-polymers-and-related-monomers-ii-by-harold-warris-thompson-and-p-torkington, accessed on 14 March 2026

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