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Referee's report by John Desmond Bernal, on a paper 'The valencies of the transition elements in the metallic state' by William Hume-Rothery and H M Irving and R J P Williams

Reference number: RR/75/75

Date: 1951

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Sectional committee: Engineering

Paper reference code: A64

Recommended for publication in the Proceedings with Bernal's comments.

[Published in Proceedings A, 1951].

Date received not given.

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1951
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John Desmond Bernal, Referee's report by John Desmond Bernal, on a paper 'The valencies of the transition elements in the metallic state' by William Hume-Rothery and H M Irving and R J P Williams, 1951, RR/75/75, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_75_75/referees-report-by-john-desmond-bernal-on-a-paper-the-valencies-of-the-transition-elements-in-the-metallic-state-by-william-hume-rothery-and-h-m-irving-and-r-j-p-williams, accessed on 20 March 2025

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