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Referee's report by Archibald Vivian Hill, on a paper 'The mechanism of adaptation to varying salinity the common eel and the general problem of osmotic regulation in fishes' by Ancel Keys

Reference number: RR/46/5

Date: September 1932

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Sectional Committee: Physiology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', if reduced in length. Suggests omitting the extensive references and much of the discussion. The paper is more in the style of a review than a scientific paper.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' B, 1933]

Endorsed on verso as received 27 September 1932.

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RR/46/5
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September 1932
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Archibald Vivian Hill

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Archibald Vivian Hill, Referee's report by Archibald Vivian Hill, on a paper 'The mechanism of adaptation to varying salinity the common eel and the general problem of osmotic regulation in fishes' by Ancel Keys, September 1932, RR/46/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_46_5/referees-report-by-archibald-vivian-hill-on-a-paper-the-mechanism-of-adaptation-to-varying-salinity-the-common-eel-and-the-general-problem-of-osmotic-regulation-in-fishes-by-ancel-keys, accessed on 24 March 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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