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Referee's report by William Edward Astbury, on a paper 'Shape and molecular orientation in lepidopteran scales' by L E R Picken

Reference number: RR/71/235

Date: 1948

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Sectional committee: Physiology

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is an interesting and well-written paper and should be published in Philosophical Transactions. A summary should also be published in Proceedings since it may also be of interest to physicists.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1949].

Date received not given.

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RR/71/235
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1948
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1 page
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William Thomas Astbury

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William Thomas Astbury, Referee's report by William Edward Astbury, on a paper 'Shape and molecular orientation in lepidopteran scales' by L E R Picken, 1948, RR/71/235, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_71_235/referees-report-by-william-edward-astbury-on-a-paper-shape-and-molecular-orientation-in-lepidopteran-scales-by-l-e-r-picken, accessed on 15 October 2024

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