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Copy letter from the Secretary of the Royal Society to [Edward Charles Cyril] Baly, regarding paper 'The adsorption of the hydrous metallic oxides Kieselghur' by [Edward Charles Cyril] Baly, W P Pepper and C E Vernon

Reference number: RR/W/6/113

Date: 02 February 1939

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Paper reference code: A.195

Reports that the paper has received two unfavourable reports, summarising their comments. Explains that the third referee thinks it may be publishable elsewhere, but was critical of the 'speculations'. Suggests withdrawing the paper.

[Not published in Royal Society journals, but published in the RSC Transactions of the Faraday Society, vol. 35, pp.1165-1176, 1939].

Reference number
RR/W/6/113
Earliest possible date
02 February 1939
Physical description
Letter on paper
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1 page
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Carbon

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Copy letter from the Secretary of the Royal Society to [Edward Charles Cyril] Baly, regarding paper 'The adsorption of the hydrous metallic oxides Kieselghur' by [Edward Charles Cyril] Baly, W P Pepper and C E Vernon, 02 February 1939, RR/W/6/113, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_6_113/copy-letter-from-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society-to-edward-charles-cyril-baly-regarding-paper-the-adsorption-of-the-hydrous-metallic-oxides-kieselghur-by-edward-charles-cyril-baly-w-p-pepper-and-c-e-vernon, accessed on 13 August 2026

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