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Memorandum from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'The fine structure of the wall of the conifer tracheid I. The X-ray diagram of conifer wood' by Reginald Dawson Preston to Ernest John Maskell

Reference number: RR/69/247

Date: 27 August 1945

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Asks if a botanist can be suggested to report on the paper. Asks if he will be willing to pass the paper for publication if the first report is favourable.

Maskell replies that he suggests G E Briggs. He is willing to pass the paper if the report is favouable.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 1946].

Reference number
RR/69/247
Earliest possible date
27 August 1945
Physical description
Memorandum on paper
Page extent
1 page
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Manuscript
Typescript

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Memorandum from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'The fine structure of the wall of the conifer tracheid I. The X-ray diagram of conifer wood' by Reginald Dawson Preston to Ernest John Maskell, 27 August 1945, RR/69/247, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_69_247/memorandum-from-j-d-griffith-davies-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society-on-a-paper-the-fine-structure-of-the-wall-of-the-conifer-tracheid-i-the-x-ray-diagram-of-conifer-wood-by-reginald-dawson-preston-to-ernest-john-maskell, accessed on 12 December 2024

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