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Referee's report by James Gray, on a paper 'The biological response to gamma rays of Radium as a function of the intensity of radiation' by F G Spear and L G Grimmett

Reference number: RR/51/79

Date: March 1933

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Sectional Committee: Physiology

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The paper does not represent a substantial advance in knowledge. 'It may have empirical interest peculiar to the use of the radium 'bomb', but of this I can form no opinion'. The conclusions of the paper have been reached previously, and no reference to the work of others is made, implying they are unfamiliar with the important work done on the subject.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 7 March 1933.

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RR/51/79
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March 1933
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James Gray, Referee's report by James Gray, on a paper 'The biological response to gamma rays of Radium as a function of the intensity of radiation' by F G Spear and L G Grimmett, March 1933, RR/51/79, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_51_79/referees-report-by-james-gray-on-a-paper-the-biological-response-to-gamma-rays-of-radium-as-a-function-of-the-intensity-of-radiation-by-f-g-spear-and-l-g-grimmett, accessed on 16 November 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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