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Referee's report by Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, on a paper 'The pyrolysis of methane, ethane and n-butane on a platinum filament' by A J B Robertson

Reference number: RR/72/232

Date: May 1949

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Sectional committee: Chemistry

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, However, the results are preliminary and qualitative and don't justify the paper's length.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1949].

Endorsed on recto as received 17 May 1949.

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RR/72/232
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May 1949
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Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Referee's report by Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, on a paper 'The pyrolysis of methane, ethane and n-butane on a platinum filament' by A J B Robertson, May 1949, RR/72/232, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_72_232/referees-report-by-cyril-norman-hinshelwood-on-a-paper-the-pyrolysis-of-methane-ethane-and-n-butane-on-a-platinum-filament-by-a-j-b-robertson, accessed on 18 July 2025

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