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IN the year 19311 Prof. W. A. Bone and Mr. R. P. Fraser published figures for the speed of the uniform movement of flame in moist (stated to be saturated at 12°–13°) mixtures of carbon monoxide and oxygen. Their values are represented by the crosses in the accompanying diagram (Fig. 1). In a paper published in 19322, we challenged both the absolute and the relative correctness of those values. Our results, for mixtures saturated at 13.1°, are indicated by circles in the diagram. Prof. Bone and Mr. J. Bell have repeated the experiments3 and, whilst unable to confirm the earlier determinations, have obtained some (for mixtures saturated at 15°) that correspond with ours, within the limits of reasonable experimental error, as is shown by their curve reproduced in the diagram.
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PAYMAN, W., WHEELER, R. Speed of ‘Uniform Movement’ of Flame in Mixtures of Carbon Monoxide and Oxygen. Nature 133, 257 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133257b0
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