File:A School Chemistry (1924).pdf

Not PD in UK, Oriel Joyce Flecker married in 1926 (https://www.freebmd2.org.uk/6a62d8d88655740df4b771f2/entry-information/155897470/oriel-j-flecker-marriage-surrey-croydon-v2a-p704?record_hash=o56IoD21mwaJgNZ%2BIcCiDg&search_entry=155897470) and a search by the post marrige name: ( https://www.freebmd2.org.uk/6a62d8738655740df4b771f0/entry-information/261545862/oriel-joyce-bolton-death-warwickshire-bromsgrove-v29-p93?record_hash=TCNY1wyi%2FGdJPqA%2FrVezcw&search_entry=261545862) says she died in 1978 ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 03:30, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

See also : Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:A School Chemistry ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 03:33, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

 Weak keep The work was also published in the United States in 1924, as indicated by doi:10.1086/438035. According to the citation at the bottom of the first page, the work was also published in the United States: "O. J. Flecker, A School Chemistry. New York: Oxford University Press, American Branch, 1924." According to Wikipedia:Non-US copyrights#Five-point test, the five points could be answered as follows:

1. Is the source country a WTO member or a party to the Berne Convention? Yes.
2. Is the work copyrightable in the United States? Yes.
3. Was the work published on or after January 1, 1931? YesNo.
4. Was the work published in the United States within 30 days after its first publication in the source country? Unknown; the works were published in the same year but it is unclear what month or day they were published on between the United Kingdom and the United States.Not applicable, but I will still search for more specific publication dates

I will try to find the exact publication dates of the books if possible. If they were published within 30 days of each other, the file would still be public domain in the United States and (according to {{Simultaneous US publication}}) can remain on Commons. ForeverFlying (talk) 03:57, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

For what it's worth, the work is listed as public domain (at least in the United States) in Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Public Domain Day 2020, as well as by MIT Libraries (the institution that uploaded the work to Internet Archive, linked here). ForeverFlying (talk) 04:19, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

 Comment I didn't realize there was a nearly identical deletion request made in October 2025. To be clear, I am not disputing her death date; she indeed died in 1978, so her copyright would last until 2048 in the United Kingdom. Given my very little expertise on complex international copyrights, I will defer to someone who may have more insight into this particular copyright situation. ForeverFlying (talk) 04:30, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

•  Keep The US claims supremacy for simultaneous publication. --RAN (talk) 01:32, 30 July 2026 (UTC)