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Paper reference code: A.177

Asks for the paper to be withdrawn. Had doubts that the paper was suitable for the Royal Society, but communicated it as it is part of a series.

[Not published].

Received 23 November 1938

Reference number
RR/W/6/104
Earliest possible date
22 November 1938
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Typescript

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Letter from [Ronald George Wreyford] Norrish to Sir Frank [Edward] Smith, regarding a paper 'Refractive dispersion of organic compunds X' by C B Allsopp and [Delia] M Simpson, 22 November 1938, RR/W/6/104, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_6_104/letter-from-ronald-george-wreyford-norrish-to-sir-frank-edward-smith-regarding-a-paper-refractive-dispersion-of-organic-compunds-x-by-c-b-allsopp-and-delia-m-simpson, accessed on 13 September 2026

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