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Referee's report by Thomas George Cowling, on a paper 'The structure of the reaction zone in a flame' by Samuel Francis Boys and J Corner

Reference number: RR/71/48

Date: 06 October 1948

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Declines to report on the paper. Does not know much about the subject, especially regards the thermodynamic processes involved. A cursory reading indicates the paper is slight and rests on elementary and idealised equations. Does not have time to study the paper fully.

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

Endorsed on recto as received 9 October 1948.

Reference number
RR/71/48
Earliest possible date
06 October 1948
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Standardised form (type E) and letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas George Cowling

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Thomas George Cowling, Referee's report by Thomas George Cowling, on a paper 'The structure of the reaction zone in a flame' by Samuel Francis Boys and J Corner, 06 October 1948, RR/71/48, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_71_48/referees-report-by-thomas-george-cowling-on-a-paper-the-structure-of-the-reaction-zone-in-a-flame-by-samuel-francis-boys-and-j-corner, accessed on 11 December 2024

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