Memorandum from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'Experiments on the inactivation of bacteriophage by radiations, and their bearing on the nature of bacteriophage' by D E Lea and M H Salaman to Joseph Barcroft
Reference number: RR/69/202
Date: 12 August 1945
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It has been suggested thst one biologist and one physicist should be asked to referee the paper. Asks if he will be willing to pass the paper if the reports are favourable.
Barcroft doesn't reply.
Contains note reminding the Assistant Secretary to ask Barcroft about the paper.
[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 1946].
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- 12 August 1945
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Memorandum from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'Experiments on the inactivation of bacteriophage by radiations, and their bearing on the nature of bacteriophage' by D E Lea and M H Salaman to Joseph Barcroft, 12 August 1945, RR/69/202, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_69_202/memorandum-from-j-d-griffith-davies-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society-on-a-paper-experiments-on-the-inactivation-of-bacteriophage-by-radiations-and-their-bearing-on-the-nature-of-bacteriophage-by-d-e-lea-and-m-h-salaman-to-joseph-barcroft, accessed on 10 December 2025
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Experiments on the inactivation of bacteriophage by radiations, and their bearing on the nature of bacteriophage External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 3rd December 1946
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1946.0023
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Creator: John Desmond Bernal Reference number: RR/69/204
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Referees' reports on scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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Referees' reports: volume 69, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
1945-1946 Reference number: RR/69
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Joseph Barcroft
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