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Letter from Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, on a paper 'Membrane behaviour in Nitella' by M C Bennett and Eric Keightley Rideal, to Sir Edward [Salisbury], secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/80/46

Date: 10 February 1954

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Paper reference code: B.39

States that the changes made to the paper have not addressed his earlier objections, and believes it would be 'unfortunate to publish the paper as it stands'. Encloses a report on the revised version containing specific points of criticism.

[Published in Proceedings B, 1954].

Received 11 February 1954

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RR/80/46
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10 February 1954
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Typescript

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Alan Lloyd Hodgkin

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Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Letter from Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, on a paper 'Membrane behaviour in Nitella' by M C Bennett and Eric Keightley Rideal, to Sir Edward [Salisbury], secretary of the Royal Society, 10 February 1954, RR/80/46, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_80_46/letter-from-alan-lloyd-hodgkin-on-a-paper-membrane-behaviour-in-nitella-by-m-c-bennett-and-eric-keightley-rideal-to-sir-edward-salisbury-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 14 December 2024

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