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Copy of Referees' comments [by James Gray and David Keilin], on a 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/5/66

Date: 20 April 1937

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Paper reference code: B.121

First referee [James Gray] states that the author 'does not realize how badly his reputation has suffered by his persistent adventures into things he knows nothing about'. Suggests he returns to his work on sealife and feeding. Second referee's comments describes the paper's experiments as 'superficial and crude', and argues that the author 'dabbles in a subject of which he has no intimate knowledge'. Refers author to 'a similar work on insects by J Pantel "Les enveloppes du l'oeuf avec leurs dependances", La Cellule, 1912, 29, 1-288, Pls. I-VII'. Suggests a much shortened version could be put forward to the Zoological Journal.

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

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RR/W/5/66
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20 April 1937
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2 pages
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James Gray, David Keilin, Copy of Referees' comments [by James Gray and David Keilin], on a 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, 20 April 1937, RR/W/5/66, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_5_66/copy-of-referees-comments-by-james-gray-and-david-keilin-on-a-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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    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

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