Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'An investigation of some adaptive changes in yeast cells' by B C Kilkenny and Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood

Reference number: RR/78/7

Date: 06 March 1952

Description

Sectional committee: Botany

Paper reference code: B6

Recommended for publication in the Proceedings. Comments the paper provides important evidence.

[Published in Proceedings A, 1952].

Date received not given.

Reference number
RR/78/7
Earliest possible date
06 March 1952
Physical description
Standardised form (type E)
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Henry Gerard Thornton

View page for Henry Gerard Thornton

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

Henry Gerard Thornton, Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'An investigation of some adaptive changes in yeast cells' by B C Kilkenny and Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, 06 March 1952, RR/78/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_78_7/referees-report-by-henry-gerard-thornton-on-a-paper-an-investigation-of-some-adaptive-changes-in-yeast-cells-by-b-c-kilkenny-and-sir-cyril-norman-hinshelwood, accessed on 12 July 2026

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_78_7/referees-report-by-henry-gerard-thornton-on-a-paper-an-investigation-of-some-adaptive-changes-in-yeast-cells-by-b-c-kilkenny-and-sir-cyril-norman-hinshelwood

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/rr_78_7/referees-report-by-henry-gerard-thornton-on-a-paper-an-investigation-of-some-adaptive-changes-in-yeast-cells-by-b-c-kilkenny-and-sir-cyril-norman-hinshelwood" title="Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'An investigation of some adaptive changes in yeast cells' by B C Kilkenny and Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Referee Reports

    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

    View collection