Referee's report by Harry Work Melville, on a paper 'Measurement of the ultimate pressures of oildiffusion pumps' by J Blears
Reference number: RR/69/27
Date: 1945

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Sectional committee: Chemistry
Recommended for publication in Proceedings.
Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies that it is difficult to say, but 'surely no in view of the present military situation'.
[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1946].
Date received not given.
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- RR/69/27
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- 1945
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Harry Work Melville, Referee's report by Harry Work Melville, on a paper 'Measurement of the ultimate pressures of oildiffusion pumps' by J Blears, 1945, RR/69/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_69_27/referees-report-by-harry-work-melville-on-a-paper-measurement-of-the-ultimate-pressures-of-oildiffusion-pumps-by-j-blears, accessed on 25 April 2025
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Date: 31st December 1946
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1946.0097
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Referees' reports on scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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Referees' reports: volume 69, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
1945-1946 Reference number: RR/69
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