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Referee's report by William Ewart Gye, on a paper 'The production of cancer by pure hydrocarbons. VI' by G M Badger, James Wilfred Cook, C L Hewett, Ernest Laurence Kennaway, N M Kennaway and R H Martin

Reference number: RR/68/211

Date: 1942

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Sectional Committee: Physiology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no.

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

No received date.

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RR/68/211
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1942
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2 pages
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William Ewart Gye, Referee's report by William Ewart Gye, on a paper 'The production of cancer by pure hydrocarbons. VI' by G M Badger, James Wilfred Cook, C L Hewett, Ernest Laurence Kennaway, N M Kennaway and R H Martin, 1942, RR/68/211, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_211/referees-report-by-william-ewart-gye-on-a-paper-the-production-of-cancer-by-pure-hydrocarbons-vi-by-g-m-badger-james-wilfred-cook-c-l-hewett-ernest-laurence-kennaway-n-m-kennaway-and-r-h-martin, accessed on 12 May 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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