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Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'The action of light on bacteria.—III' by Harry Marshall Ward

Reference number: RR/12/258

Date: 16 April 1894

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Encloses report [RR/12/259]. Cannot refer to the former papers, but considers the current paper eligible to be printed in the same format. As the author refers to experiments in-progress, the current paper may be considered preliminary in nature.

Subject: Physiology, Botany

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1894]

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RR/12/258
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16 April 1894
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Typescript

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George Gabriel Stokes

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George Gabriel Stokes, Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'The action of light on bacteria.—III' by Harry Marshall Ward, 16 April 1894, RR/12/258, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_258/letter-from-george-gabriel-stokes-to-john-william-strutt-3rd-baron-rayleigh-regarding-a-paper-the-action-of-light-on-bacteriaiii-by-harry-marshall-ward, accessed on 24 March 2025

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