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Original summary note from the Royal Society editorial department, for paper 'On the nature and permeability of Chitin, III - The nature and origin of the membranes surrounding the developing eggs of Homarus vulgaris' by [Charles Maurice] Yonge

Reference number: RR/W/5/51

Date: 08 March 1937

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Paper reference code: B.121

Details the paper's progression through the editorial process. Manuscript notes include estimates of length and cost of publishing in Proc [Proceedings of the Royal Society] and Trans [Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society].

[Not published, but part I and II published in the Proceedings B in 1932 and 1936].

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RR/W/5/51
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08 March 1937
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2 pages
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James Gray

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David Keilin

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James Gray, David Keilin, Original summary note from the Royal Society editorial department, for paper 'On the nature and permeability of Chitin, III - The nature and origin of the membranes surrounding the developing eggs of Homarus vulgaris' by [Charles Maurice] Yonge, 08 March 1937, RR/W/5/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_5_51/original-summary-note-from-the-royal-society-editorial-department-for-paper-on-the-nature-and-permeability-of-chitin-iii-the-nature-and-origin-of-the-membranes-surrounding-the-developing-eggs-of-homarus-vulgaris-by-charles-maurice-yonge, accessed on 14 June 2026

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