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Referee's report by Charles Sykes, on a paper 'Thermodynamic aspects of the behaviour of sulphur in silicate and aluminate melts' by C J B Fincham and Frederick Denys Richardson

Reference number: RR/79/176

Date: 02 September 1953

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Sectional committee: Chemistry

Paper reference code: A159

Sykes is 'doubtful' that the paper should be published by the Royal Society, stating that 'the degree of originality in the work is not high enough to justify the length'.

[Published in Proceedings A, 1953].

Date received not given.

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RR/79/176
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02 September 1953
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Charles Sykes, Referee's report by Charles Sykes, on a paper 'Thermodynamic aspects of the behaviour of sulphur in silicate and aluminate melts' by C J B Fincham and Frederick Denys Richardson, 02 September 1953, RR/79/176, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_79_176/referees-report-by-charles-sykes-on-a-paper-thermodynamic-aspects-of-the-behaviour-of-sulphur-in-silicate-and-aluminate-melts-by-c-j-b-fincham-and-frederick-denys-richardson, accessed on 05 December 2025

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    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.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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