Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Referee's report by William George Penney, on a paper 'A modified method of antisymmetrized molecular orbitals. II. The oxygen and ethelene molecules' by W Moffitt

Reference number: RR/75/71

Date: 19 April 1951

Description

Sectional committee: Physics

Paper reference code: A61

Recommends the paper should be published by the Royal Society. Penney remarks on the difficulty he has had with this paper, and suggests if he were writing it he would have put Part I and II together in half the space. Additional comments on a separate typescript page, discussing whether Penney has properly grasped Moffitt's argument on the oxygen molecule.

[Published in Proceedings A, 1951].

Date received not given.

Reference number
RR/75/71
Earliest possible date
19 April 1951
Physical description
Standardised form (type E)
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript
Typescript

Creator name

William George Penney

View page for William George Penney

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

William George Penney, Referee's report by William George Penney, on a paper 'A modified method of antisymmetrized molecular orbitals. II. The oxygen and ethelene molecules' by W Moffitt, 19 April 1951, RR/75/71, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_75_71/referees-report-by-william-george-penney-on-a-paper-a-modified-method-of-antisymmetrized-molecular-orbitals-ii-the-oxygen-and-ethelene-molecules-by-w-moffitt, accessed on 10 February 2025

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_75_71/referees-report-by-william-george-penney-on-a-paper-a-modified-method-of-antisymmetrized-molecular-orbitals-ii-the-oxygen-and-ethelene-molecules-by-w-moffitt

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/rr_75_71/referees-report-by-william-george-penney-on-a-paper-a-modified-method-of-antisymmetrized-molecular-orbitals-ii-the-oxygen-and-ethelene-molecules-by-w-moffitt" title="Referee's report by William George Penney, on a paper 'A modified method of antisymmetrized molecular orbitals. II. The oxygen and ethelene molecules' by W Moffitt" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Related Records

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Referee Reports

    Date: 1832-1954

    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    View collection