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Letter from Eric Keightley Rideal, on a paper 'The reaction between carbon monoxide and oxygen on cuprous oxide at room temperature' by William Edward Garner, F S Stone and P F Tiley, to D C Martin

Reference number: RR/75/287

Date: 22 November 1951

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Paper reference code: A249

Rideal writes: 'My dear Martin, Many thanks for your letter of the 21st November concerning Garner's remarks on my observations. I do not feel the matter is completely settled, but, nevertheless, we are all entitled to our thoughts. With kind regards, Yours sincerely, Eric K Rideal'.

Written at the University of London, King's College, Department of Physical Chemistry, Strand [England].

[Published in Proceedings A, 1952].

Endorsed on recto as received 24 November 1951.

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RR/75/287
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22 November 1951
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Eric Keightley Rideal, Letter from Eric Keightley Rideal, on a paper 'The reaction between carbon monoxide and oxygen on cuprous oxide at room temperature' by William Edward Garner, F S Stone and P F Tiley, to D C Martin, 22 November 1951, RR/75/287, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_75_287/letter-from-eric-keightley-rideal-on-a-paper-the-reaction-between-carbon-monoxide-and-oxygen-on-cuprous-oxide-at-room-temperature-by-william-edward-garner-f-s-stone-and-p-f-tiley-to-d-c-martin, accessed on 16 February 2025

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