Referee's report by Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, on a paper 'The thermal decomposition of normal paraffin hydrocarbons' by C G Silcocks and Morris William Travers
Reference number: RR/77/206
Date: 1952
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Sectional committee: Chemistry
Paper reference code: A175
Not recommended for publication. Hinshelwood notes that 'The paper contains an attack on my laboratory so I may be taken to be an interested party'. Suggests the Society seek further referees, but nevertheless provides detailed criticism of the paper. Concludes by saying 'The whole thing is a hopeless muddle'.
[Published in Proceedings A, 1954].
[not dated, but the Register of Papers says this was received at the Royal Society on 16 October 1952]
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- 1952
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- 2 pages
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Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Referee's report by Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, on a paper 'The thermal decomposition of normal paraffin hydrocarbons' by C G Silcocks and Morris William Travers, 1952, RR/77/206, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_77_206/referees-report-by-cyril-norman-hinshelwood-on-a-paper-the-thermal-decomposition-of-normal-paraffin-hydrocarbons-by-c-g-silcocks-and-morris-william-travers, accessed on 15 July 2026
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Referees' reports on scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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Referees' reports: volume 77, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
1952 Reference number: RR/77
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