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Letter from Paul Gordon Fildes, on three papers 'Oxidation-reduction processes in cultures of bacteria Parts I, II and III' by A C Baskett and Cyril Hinshelwood, to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/74/25

Date: 31 May 1950

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Paper reference code: B19, B20 and B21

Fildes discusses the difficulty he is facing with these papers and his confusion at why they were sent to him, as they are not in his 'line' except they deal with bacteria. In his opinion they do not contain anything new or interesting and recommends they are better suited in the Journal of General Microbiology.

Written at Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford [England].

[All three published in Proceedings B, 1950].

Endorsed on recto as received 1 June 1950.

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Paul Gordon Fildes, Letter from Paul Gordon Fildes, on three papers 'Oxidation-reduction processes in cultures of bacteria Parts I, II and III' by A C Baskett and Cyril Hinshelwood, to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, 31 May 1950, RR/74/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_74_25/letter-from-paul-gordon-fildes-on-three-papers-oxidation-reduction-processes-in-cultures-of-bacteria-parts-i-ii-and-iii-by-a-c-baskett-and-cyril-hinshelwood-to-d-c-martin-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 04 December 2025

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