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Referee's report by Arthur Edwin Boycott, on a paper 'The action of radiations on bacteria III—Y-rays on growing and on non-proliferating bacteria' by D E Lea, R B Haines and Charles Alfred Coulson

Reference number: RR/64/98

Date: 13 January 1937

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Sectional Committee: Physiology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The bacteriological part is 'all right though rather dull'. Suggests submitting the paper to a physical chemicst to comment on the technique.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on verso as received 16 January 1937.

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RR/64/98
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13 January 1937
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2 pages
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Arthur Edwin Boycott

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Arthur Edwin Boycott, Referee's report by Arthur Edwin Boycott, on a paper 'The action of radiations on bacteria III—Y-rays on growing and on non-proliferating bacteria' by D E Lea, R B Haines and Charles Alfred Coulson, 13 January 1937, RR/64/98, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_64_98/referees-report-by-arthur-edwin-boycott-on-a-paper-the-action-of-radiations-on-bacteria-iiiy-rays-on-growing-and-on-non-proliferating-bacteria-by-d-e-lea-r-b-haines-and-charles-alfred-coulson, accessed on 21 January 2025

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