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Referee's report by William Edward Garner, on a paper 'Birth and growth of explosion in liquids and solids initiated by impact and friction' by Frank Philip Bowden and O A Gurton

Reference number: RR/72/38

Date: 1949

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Sectional committee: Chemistry

Recommended for publication in Proceedings. It is an excellent paper but is too long. The figures are self-explanatory and all relevant information should be given in the legends of the figures, rather than in the text. The summary should be shortened.

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

Date received not given.

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1949
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William Edward Garner, Referee's report by William Edward Garner, on a paper 'Birth and growth of explosion in liquids and solids initiated by impact and friction' by Frank Philip Bowden and O A Gurton, 1949, RR/72/38, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_72_38/referees-report-by-william-edward-garner-on-a-paper-birth-and-growth-of-explosion-in-liquids-and-solids-initiated-by-impact-and-friction-by-frank-philip-bowden-and-o-a-gurton, accessed on 19 April 2026

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