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W HILE an atmosphere of controversy is not perhaps the best for the calm interpretation of scientific facts, there is no doubt that the clash of opinions gives a zest to research and sometimes speeds up discovery. The slow uniform movement of flame in the initial phase of the explosion of gases—first studied by Le Chatelier—has given rise to such a controversy between Prof. W. A. Bone and his colleagues at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, South Kensington, and Prof. R. V. Wheeler and his colleagues at the Safety in Mines Research Laboratories at Sheffield.
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The Initial Phase in Gaseous Explosions. Nature 119, 763–764 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119763b0
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