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Letter from Cecil Reginald Burch, on a paper 'The control of amplitude in phase-contrast microscopy' by Edward Wilfred Taylor

Reference number: RR/69/306

Date: 21 November 1946

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Asks if anonymity can be waived, as he knows the author well and would rather discuss the paper with him directly. He is already meeting the author in a few days so can bring it up then.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1947].

Endorsed on recto as received 23 November 1946.

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RR/69/306
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21 November 1946
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Cecil Reginald Burch

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Cecil Reginald Burch, Letter from Cecil Reginald Burch, on a paper 'The control of amplitude in phase-contrast microscopy' by Edward Wilfred Taylor, 21 November 1946, RR/69/306, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_69_306/letter-from-cecil-reginald-burch-on-a-paper-the-control-of-amplitude-in-phase-contrast-microscopy-by-edward-wilfred-taylor, accessed on 18 May 2025

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