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Letter from John Zachary Young, to Archibald Vivian Hill, regarding a paper 'The autonomic nervous system of the earthworm' by Flight-lieutenant Norman Millott

Reference number: RR/68/242

Date: 20 March 1940

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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Further experimental work and complete re-writing are necessary to make the paper suitable for publication. Refers to the recipient's upcoming job in America, and asks for his best wishes to be sent to Herbert Spencer Gasser.

[Not published]

Endorsed on recto as received 28 March 1940.

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RR/68/242
Earliest possible date
20 March 1940
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Typescript

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John Zachary Young

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John Zachary Young, Letter from John Zachary Young, to Archibald Vivian Hill, regarding a paper 'The autonomic nervous system of the earthworm' by Flight-lieutenant Norman Millott, 20 March 1940, RR/68/242, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_242/letter-from-john-zachary-young-to-archibald-vivian-hill-regarding-a-paper-the-autonomic-nervous-system-of-the-earthworm-by-flight-lieutenant-norman-millott, accessed on 11 October 2024

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