Referee's report by Harry Work Melville, on a paper 'The thermal decomposition of normal paraffin hydrocarbons' by C G Silcocks and Morris William Travers
Reference number: RR/77/210
Date: 20 August 1953
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Sectional committee: Chemistry
Paper reference code: A175
Suitable for publishing in the Proceedings. Melville notes that the revised version of the paper 'is now much improved' with 'a great deal of factual material'. The discussion section contains speculations which in Melville's view are not supported by the experimental results. Suggests Cyril Norman Hinshelwood should review the paper before publication.
[Published in Proceedings A, 1954].
Date received not given.
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- RR/77/210
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- 20 August 1953
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Harry Work Melville, Referee's report by Harry Work Melville, on a paper 'The thermal decomposition of normal paraffin hydrocarbons' by C G Silcocks and Morris William Travers, 20 August 1953, RR/77/210, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_77_210/referees-report-by-harry-work-melville-on-a-paper-the-thermal-decomposition-of-normal-paraffin-hydrocarbons-by-c-g-silcocks-and-morris-william-travers, accessed on 21 January 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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