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Copy letter from the Secretary of the Royal Society [Henry Dale] to [James] Gray, regarding a paper 'Studies in animal movement, I. The movements of fish with special reference to the eel' by Gray

Reference number: RR/W/1/26

Date: 25 October 1932

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Paper reference code: B.51

Accepts Gray's decision to withdraw the paper. Also forwards a copy of additional comments from the physical referee [Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, see RR/W/1/24] in case they are of use.

[Not published in Royal Society journals, but in The Journal of Experimental Biology, edited by James Gray, vol. 10, issue 1, pp. 88-104, 1933].

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RR/W/1/26
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25 October 1932
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Geoffrey Ingram Taylor

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Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, Copy letter from the Secretary of the Royal Society [Henry Dale] to [James] Gray, regarding a paper 'Studies in animal movement, I. The movements of fish with special reference to the eel' by Gray, 25 October 1932, RR/W/1/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_1_26/copy-letter-from-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society-henry-dale-to-james-gray-regarding-a-paper-studies-in-animal-movement-i-the-movements-of-fish-with-special-reference-to-the-eel-by-gray, accessed on 21 January 2026

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