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Apologises for taking so long to report on the paper, He has been ill with influenza and his mother has been dangerously ill for several weeks. The paper gave him more trouble than any other he has reported on. This requires a long report.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1949].

Endorsed on recto as received 3 December 1947.

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RR/70/80
Earliest possible date
29 November 1947
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
1 page
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Typescript

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Malcolm Dixon

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Malcolm Dixon, Letter from Malcolm Dixon, on a paper 'The inactivation of an enzyme (carboxypeptidase) by X- and a-radiation' by W M Dale, Louis Harold Gray and W J Meredith to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, 29 November 1947, RR/70/80, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_70_80/letter-from-malcolm-dixon-on-a-paper-the-inactivation-of-an-enzyme-carboxypeptidase-by-x-and-a-radiation-by-w-m-dale-louis-harold-gray-and-w-j-meredith-to-the-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 07 December 2024

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