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Letter from [Frederick George] Donnan to Frank [Edward] Smith, regarding a paper 'The reaction between oxygen and nitrous oxide' by [Eric] M Stoddart

Reference number: RR/W/6/10

Date: 11 May 1938

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Paper reference code: A.24

As communicator of the paper, acknowledges the referees' comments [see RR/W/6/7 and RR/W/6/9] and asks to withdraw the paper.

[Not published in RS journals but published in the Journal of the Chemical Society, 1939, p.5-12]

Received 12 May 1938

Reference number
RR/W/6/10
Earliest possible date
11 May 1938
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Typescript

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Letter from [Frederick George] Donnan to Frank [Edward] Smith, regarding a paper 'The reaction between oxygen and nitrous oxide' by [Eric] M Stoddart, 11 May 1938, RR/W/6/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_6_10/letter-from-frederick-george-donnan-to-frank-edward-smith-regarding-a-paper-the-reaction-between-oxygen-and-nitrous-oxide-by-eric-m-stoddart, accessed on 15 August 2026

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