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Paper reference code: B.97

Explains that the referee has not recommended the paper for publication due to disagreement over its findings. Asks Kendall how he would like to proceed.

[Not published in Royal Society journals but published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol. 53, 1934, pp. 164-187].

Reference number
RR/W/1/52
Earliest possible date
24 February 1933
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Typescript

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Letter from [Sir Henry Hallett] Dale to [Percy Fry] Kendall, regarding a paper 'The Formation of Rock Joints and the Cleat of Coal' by P F Kendall and [Henry] Briggs, 24 February 1933, RR/W/1/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_1_52/letter-from-sir-henry-hallett-dale-to-percy-fry-kendall-regarding-a-paper-the-formation-of-rock-joints-and-the-cleat-of-coal-by-p-f-kendall-and-henry-briggs, accessed on 17 April 2026

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