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Referee's report by George Ingle Finch, on a paper 'The structure of electro-deposited chromium' by William Hume-Rothery and Malcolm R J Wyllie

Reference number: RR/68/86

Date: 03 September 1942

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests submitting the paper to the Transactions of the Faraday Society. Finds the authors unaware of the literature on deposition structures.

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/68/86
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03 September 1942
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George Ingle Finch, Referee's report by George Ingle Finch, on a paper 'The structure of electro-deposited chromium' by William Hume-Rothery and Malcolm R J Wyllie, 03 September 1942, RR/68/86, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_86/referees-report-by-george-ingle-finch-on-a-paper-the-structure-of-electro-deposited-chromium-by-william-hume-rothery-and-malcolm-r-j-wyllie, accessed on 06 March 2026

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